| Description |
1 online resource (348 pages) |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Plates; Introduction -- Siegecraft: The Basis of Medieval Warfare; CHAPTER ONE -- Fortified Towns and Cities; Troy VIIa: c. 1250 BC; Heroism of the populace; CHAPTER TWO -- Strong Points in a Landscape; The defense of property; Containment by castles; Under construction; Echo of empire; Function and type; Routines of defense; CHAPTER THREE -- Castles and Fortifications: Designers, Builders and Developments; James St. George: a career of talent; The man on the spot: Gabriele de Tadini de Martinengo. |
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Security never guaranteed: Harfleur, 1415Developments in castle design; Castle to palace: the Alhambra, 1492; The thunder of the guns and the siege of Rhodes, 1480 and 1522; CHAPTER FOUR -- Machines of War; The crossbow: a hand-held machine; The battering-ram: simple but effective; Innovators on site, named and unnamed; CHAPTER FIVE -- Fire Hazard; Greek fire: a legendary technology; Fire bombs and underground infernos; True Greek fire on the River Loire? 1151; Were flame-throwers chivalrous?; CHAPTER SIX -- Artillery; Early kanons: Tournai, 1340; Early recorded injuries from gunshot. |
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Saltpeter and other technicalitiesImproved gunpowder and some consequences; Giant guns and the naming of guns; A great gun against "the Great City": Constantinople, 1453; Guns advance the reconquest of Spain from Islam . . .; ... and France from the English; Guns and chivalry?; Organization of the artillery arm; Cost-effectiveness; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Attack and Defense; Basics and essentials; Towers and siege-towers; Tactics and heroism; Weaknesses and strengths; Panic; CHAPTER EIGHT -- Logistics; Laying in supplies; A convoy under siege; Mobilizing horse power. |
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The logistics of armed pilgrimageHow a logistical decision liberated Lisbon: the Second Crusade, 1147; A siege in the war against terrorism: Stirling, 1304; Communications and the logistical causes of the Fourth Crusade, 1204; Constantinople, 1204: "the greatest booty since the world began . . ."; Land and water: Nicaea, 1097; The crusade that was flooded out: Egypt, 1218-22; Logistics dictate the target of a siege: Prague, 1420; Siege on the move: "tanks" and the logistics of siege artillery; Some conclusions; CHAPTER NINE -- War Games, Psychology and Morale. |
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Double-cross in the Hundred Years' War: La Rochelle, 1372Keep the opposition guessing; Games for fun; One to one: Rennes, 1356-7; Under siege; Garrisons under pressure; Enemies within; Trickery and deception; War games for real: Damascus, 1148 and 1154; CHAPTER TEN -- Women at War; Women fighters; Camp-followers and others; Ladies of Outremer; Ladies of note; Heroine of a siege; Women under challenge; Siege by courtesy: Oreja, 1139; Women commanders; Domestic violence with a difference; Heretic, saint and warrior: Orleans, 1429-30; The woman's place; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Rules of Engagement. |
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Once the siege is set ... |
| Summary |
Here Geoffrey Hindley serves us the history of military sieges from every angle, tracing the development of fortifications and equipment (offensive and defensive), penning vivid portraits of the weapons involved, exploring the psychology of laying siege, and even describing the role played by women and camp followers in battle. He shows siege tactics in action through real-life case studies of famous sieges that changed the course of history in medieval Europe and the Holy Land. His stimulating and accessible study will be fascinating reading for medieval specialists and for anyone w. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Siege warfare -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Sieges -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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Fortification -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Castles -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Europe -- History, Military.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Castles. (OCoLC)fst00848428
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Fortification. (OCoLC)fst00933024
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Military art and science -- Medieval.
(OCoLC)fst01905957
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Siege warfare. (OCoLC)fst01118183
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Sieges. (OCoLC)fst01118188
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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| Chronological Term |
To 1500
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hindley, Geoffrey. Medieval Sieges & Siegecraft. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2009 9781602396333 |
| ISBN |
9781626368668 (electronic bk.) |
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162636866X (electronic bk.) |
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