A magisterial survey of medieval siege warfare in the middle ages,
tracing links across continents and linking contemporary historical
accounts with archaeological studies. Sieges were the predominant
form of warfare across the medieval world and siege methods and
technology developed alongside improvements in defence. This book
goes back to the original sources to present a comprehensive view
of thewhole subject, tracing links across continents and analysing
the relationship with changes in the design of town and castle
defences, and linking contemporary historical accounts with
archaeological studies. It considers the mostimportant questions
raised by siege warfare: who designed, built and operated siege
equipment? How did medieval commanders gain their knowledge? What
were the roles of theoretical texts and the developing science of
siege warfare? How did nomadic peoples acquire siege skills? Were
castles and town walls built purely of a military purpose, or did
they play a symbolic role also? The first volume begins in 450 AD
with the replacement of the westernRoman empire by barbarian
successor states, but also examines the development of the
Byzantine Empire, the Muslim Caliphate and its successors, and the
links with China, through to the early thirteenth century. The
second continues with the Mongol conquests in Asia and Europe and
the thirteenth-century apogee of pre-gunpowder siege warfare,
before examining the slow impact of guns and the cumulatively
massive changes in attack and defence of the fifteenthcentury.
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