TO THE QUESTION OF FIREARMS IN LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Late medieval Europe in the historical arena known not only for the beginning of the decline of the East and the West heyday, but also access to the historic arena of gunpowder weapons. Among the varieties of gunpowder weapons, one of the key places in this and subsequent periods also take manual gunpowder. And in this period, except for those species the manual powder weapons, the historical arena of late medieval Europe, its significant role also played a bow and crossbow. All their overall role in the historical process of the late-medieval Europe and summarized in this article.