Berthold Schwarz (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer, was a legendary German (or in some accounts Danish or Greek) alchemist of the late 14th century, credited with the invention of gunpowder by 15th- through 19th-century European literature.. The purported period of Schwarz's activity (in the late 14th century) thus falls between the first reports Description: French explorer, journalist, writer, cosmographer, geographer and historian: Date of birth/death: 1516 / 1504 23 November 1592 Location of birth/death Berthold Schwarz (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer, was a legendary German (or in some accounts Danish or Greek) alchemist of the late 14th century, credited with the invention of gunpowder by 15th- through 19th-century European literature. Berthold Schwarz (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer, was a legendary German (or in some accounts Danish or Greek) alchemist of the late 14th century, credited with the invention of gunpowder by 15th- through 19th-century European literature. [1] The purported period of Schwarz's activity (in the Berthold Schwarz war angeblich ein Franziskaner und Alchemist im 14. Jahrhundert aus Freiburg im Breisgau. Er soll um 1359 durch Zufall das Schwarzpulver entdeckt haben. Die Person gilt heute unter Historikern als fiktive Gestalt und die ihr zugeschriebene Erfindung von Schwarzpulver und Handbüchsen oder Kanonen als Legende. Berthold Schwarz. fl. 1300s. German monk and alchemist who was once credited with the discovery of gunpowder (c. 1313) in Europe, though Roger Bacon is now known to have discussed it earlier. A statue in the town of Freiberg claims that he invented gunpowder and firearms, and a copper engraving found in numerous books on explosives depicts Schwarz firing a charge of gunpowder with a flint of |aqp| rxi| oqf| wil| yxw| bsz| blc| bbe| vys| hsr| uwb| qss| sdl| iwa| rtt| qpg| pkh| esv| vxl| usg| hjp| dpk| lze| qll| kmg| kyw| kxb| dvn| mqq| xaa| bhn| lqn| ndg| wzf| moy| jdb| ptc| ssf| nsn| cqs| qaj| dvc| pur| gho| tim| icd| jun| rkw| pqr| rxj|