The medieval siege

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The medieval siege

Jim Bradbury

Boydell Press, 1992

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780851153124

内容説明

In medieval warfare, the siege predominated: for every battle, there were hundreds of sieges. Yet the rich and vivid history of siege warfare has been consistently neglected. Jim Bradbury's panoramic survey takes the history of siege warfare in Europe from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century, and includes sieges in Byzantium, Eastern Europe and the areas affected by the Crusades. Within this broad sweep of time and place, he finds, not that enormous changes occurred, which might have been expected, but that the rules and methods of siege warfare remained remarkably constant. His narrative of the main events of siege warfare includes adetailed study of some ofthe major sieges -Constantinople and Chateau-Gaillard, among others - and also presents evidence relating to the development of siege weapons and siege warfare. A history of sieges necessarily brings the people caught up in them, besieger and besieged, clearly before the reader; stories from chronicles and letters of danger, famine, endurance and heroism reach out with an immediacy that provides a powerful human context for this study. JIM BRADBURY is the author of The Medieval Archer; he writes and lectures on battles and warfare in England and France in the middle ages.

目次

  • Civilization under siege, 450-750
  • the second onslaught, 750-950
  • the beginnings of castle warfare, 950-1050
  • kings, counts and castellans, 1050-1200
  • the early crusades, 1050-1200
  • an age of great kings, 1200-1350
  • trouble in the West, 1350-1500
  • trouble in the East, 1200-1565
  • medieval siege weapons
  • the conventions and laws of siege warfare.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780851153575

内容説明

A guide to sieges that took place in Europe and the Near East between 450 and 1565. The chapter on weaponry is descriptive and there are excellent drawings as well as contemporary illustrations. Equally, the final chapter on the conduct of sieges is admirably forthright... the index is particularly good. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT In medieval warfare, the siege predominated: for every battle, there were hundreds of sieges. Yet the rich and vivid history of siege warfare has been consistently neglected. Jim Bradbury's panoramic survey takes the history of siege warfare in Europe from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century, and includes sieges in Byzantium, Eastern Europe and the areas affected by the Crusades. Within this broad sweep of time and place, he finds, not that enormous changes occurred, but that the rules and methods of siege warfare remained remarkably constant. Included are detailed studies of some of the major sieges including Constantinople and Chateau-Gaillard. Throughout, Bradbury supports his narrative with chronicles and letters. irst-hand accounts of danger, famine and endurance bring the acute reality of siege warfare clearly before the reader. JIM BRADBURY is the author of The Medieval Archer; he writes and lectures on battles and warfare in England and France in the middle ages.

目次

  • Civilization under siege, 450-750
  • the second onslaught, 750-950
  • the beginnings of castle warfare, 950-1050
  • kings, counts and castellans, 1050-1200
  • the early crusades, 1050-1200
  • an age of great kings, 1200-1350
  • trouble in the West, 1350-1500
  • trouble in the East, 1200-1565
  • medieval siege weapons
  • the conventions and laws of siege warfare.

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