Editing Sling (weapon) (section)

=== Europe ===
The [[Bayeux Tapestry]] of the 1070s portrays the use of slings in a hunting context. [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]] employed slingers during the [[Siege of Tortona]] in 1155 to suppress the garrison while his own men built [[siege engine]]s.{{sfn|Bradbury|1992|p=89}} Indeed, slings seem to have been a fairly common weapon in Italy during the 11th and 12th centuries.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Paul |title=Norman Warfare in the Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Mediterranean |year=2016}}</ref> Slings were also used by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]].<ref>Haldon, John F. (1999): "Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204, p. 216</ref> On the [[Iberian Peninsula]], the Spanish and Portuguese infantry favoured it against light and agile Moorish troops. The staff sling continued to be used in sieges and the sling was used as a part of [[Trebuchet|large siege engines]].{{sfn|Bradbury|1992|p=262}}