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The Medieval Siege

By Jim Bradbury

Book information

Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Year
1992
ISBN
0851153577, 9780851153575
Google Books ID
fKFRvUiLEQYC
Open Library ID
OL17196701M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3310191 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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. First-hand accounts of danger, famine and endurance bring the acute reality of siege warfare clearly before the reader.

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