Harquebus / Arquebus
Early shoulder-fired smoothbore matchlock gun with a hooked support, developed in the mid-15th century.
Core metadata
- ID: arquebus
- Era: Medieval
- First known date: 1450 (decade)
- Region: Spain and wider late-medieval Europe
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Harquebus (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, edge, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 79%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 1
- textbook: 1
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Gunpowder Formula (gunpowder) | required | 90% | textbook | The harquebus is a gunpowder firearm, so black powder is a direct operating prerequisite. |
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| Advanced Metallurgy (Medieval) (advanced_metallurgy_medieval) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Advanced Metallurgy (Medieval) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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