Of Beautiful Women and Beguiled Heroes: Stories on Crossbows

The Deutsches Historisches Museum’s collection of crossbows is one of the most important in the world. These valuable pieces and their related accoutrements are currently on view in the exhibition “The Crossbow: Terror and Beauty”. For the DHM blog, curator Dr. Brigitte Reineke recounts the stories that serve as artful ornamentation on the displayed weapons of hunting and war.