Purton A History of the Late Medieval Siege, 1200-1500

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84615-804-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 548 Seiten

Detailed survey of the continued development of the siege in the later middle ages, showing the effects of new technology and armaments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purton, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
The Age of the Mongol Conquests
Attack and Defence in the late Thirteenth Century [ca.1260-1320]
The Fourteenth Century: seige warfare at the start of a new age
The Age of Timur "the world conqueror": the fourteenth century in the East
The early Fifteenth Century: changing times
The late Fifteenth Century 1: Britain, France, Central Europe and the Balkans
The late Fifteenth Century 2: A time of transition?
New weapons and new defences
Glossary
Bibliography