The medieval city under siege

Author(s)

• Corfis, Ivy A.
• Wolfe, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The medieval city under siege

edited by Ivy A. Corfis and Michael Wolfe

Boydell Press, 1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• New perspectives on medieval siege warfare : an introduction / Michael Wolfe
• Life on the cutting edge : the besieged town on the Luso-Hispanic frontier in the twelfth century / James F. Powers
• The medieval German city under siege / Michael Toch
• Siege warfare and the bonnes villes of France during the Hundred Years War / Michael Wolfe
• Town defences in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem / Denys Pringle
• Byzantine siege warfare in theory and practice / Eric McGeer
• Artillery in late antiquity : prelude to the Middle Ages / Paul E. Chevedden
• Siege warfare in medieval Hispanic epic and romance / Michael Harney
• The slings and arrows of outrageous love in the Roman de la rose / Heather Arden
• Chivalry under siege in Ricardian romance / Winthrop Wetherbee
• The impact of gunpowder weaponry on siege warfare in the Hundred Years War / Kelly DeVries
• Siegecraft in late fifteenth-century Italy / Michael Mallett
• The changing face of siege warfare : technology and tactics in transition / Bert S. Hall

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Warfare in Europe in the middle ages underwent a marked change of emphasis as urban life expanded. The concentration of wealth represented by a city was a valuable objective, and the static nature of a siege was infinitely preferable to the uncertainties of campaign. As the incidence of sieges increased, so pitched battles declined. The studies in this book, intended for specialists as well as general readers, follow the history of siege warfare, exploringthe urban milieu within which it developed, and the evolution of siege technology up to the advent of gunpowder weaponry. The logistics of specific sieges, from the Crusader kingdoms in the Near East and the Byzantine Empire as well as medieval Europe, are also considered, with evidence from literature, engineering, architecture and cliometrics. MICHAEL WOLFE is professor in the department of history at Penn State University, Altoona; IVY CORFIS is professor in the department of Spanish and Portugueses at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Contributors: MICHAEL WOLFE, JAMES F. POWERS, MICHAEL TOCH, DENYS PRINGLE, ERIC McGEER, PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN, MICHAEL HARNEY, HEATHER ARDEN, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, KELLY DEVRIES, MICHAEL MALLETT, BERT S. HALL.

Table of Contents

The Changing Face of Siege Warfare: Technology and Tactics in Transition - New perspectives of medieval siege warfare: an introduction - Michael Wolfe Life on the cutting edge: the besieged town on the Luso-Hispanic frontier in the twelfth century - James F Powers The medieval German city under siege - Michael Toch Siege warfare and the Bonnes Villes of France during the hundred years war - Michael Wolfe Town defenses in the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem - Denys Pringle Byzantine siege warfare in theory and reality - Eric McGeer Artillery in late antiquity: prelude to the middle ages - Paul E. Chevedden Siege warfare in medieval hispanic epic and romance - Michael Harney The slings and arrows of outrageous love in the Roman de la Rose - Heather Arden Chivalry under siege in Ricardian romance - Winthrop Wetherbee The impact of gunpowder weaponry on siege warfare in the hundred years war - Kelly DeVries Siegecraft in late fifteenth-century Italy - Michael Mallett The changing face of siege warfare: technology and tactics in transition - Bert Hall

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• NCID: BA3609435X
• ISBN:
  • 0851155618
• LCCN: 94019121
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Woodbridge ; Rochester, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 292 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D128
  • DC20 : 907.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Europe -- History, Military
  • LCSH : Military history, Medieval
  • LCSH : Cities and towns, Medieval -- Europe