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Who Invented the Trebuchet?

 

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Trebuchets were not as old as catapults were. Trebuchets are said by most historians to be invented directly by the French in the XII century - of course trebuchets later spread to the rest of Europe.

The real inventor of the trebuchet is unknown - mostly because it is said that it was an invention of many and not only one man. Trebuchets were later improved from generation to generation.

Many manuscripts dating from the XIII century describe the trebuchet to be the most effective siege weapon of them all.

To read more about trebuchets, visit my Medieval Trebuchets article.

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