Matchlock Musket

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How to use a Stuart matchlock musket .

A demonstration of a matchlock musket from the Stuart period, including how to fire it.
From: Local Heroes: Exploding Heroes
First broadcast : 31 October 1997

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14

Subject : History

Topic : Early modern world, Tudors and Stuarts

Keywords : Stuarts,history of arms, the gunpowder plot, history of Guy Fawkes.

Notes : Can use this clip as part of the study of the history of arms, the history of the gunpowder plot, or the history of Guy Fawkes.


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