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How true is the common argument that the introduction of gunpowder weapons in medieval Europe slowly shifted the balance of power away from the nobility towards the non-noble classes, as now anyone with 2 weeks of training could defeat a heavily armoured knight?

by /u/Pashahlis in /r/AskHistorians

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