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The Medieval Siege (Paperback, New edition)
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The Medieval Siege (Paperback, New edition)
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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.
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