Download or read book Siegecraft No Fortress Impregnable written by Harold Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the taking of a fortress depends primarily on the making of a good plan to take it, and the proper implementation and application of the resources to make the plan work. Long before a fortress has been besieged and conquered, it has to have been outthought before it can be outfought. This book outlines some of the more successfully thought out sieges, and demonstrates why it is that no fortress is impregnable. A siege can be described as an assault on an opposing force attempting to defend itself from behind a position of some strength. Whenever the pendulum of technology swings against the "status quo," the defenders of a fortification have usually been compelled to surrender. We must stay ahead of the pendulum, and not be out-thought long before we are out-fought, for, as it will be shown in this book, "no fortress is impregnable."

Download or read book A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology written by Kelly DeVries and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second update of "A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology," which appeared in 2002. It is meant to do two things: to present references to works on medieval military history and technology not included in the first two volumes; and to present references to all books and articles published on medieval military history and technology from 2003 to 2006. These references are divided into the same categories as in the first two volumes and cover a chronological period of the same length, from late antiquity to 1648, again in order to present a more complete picture of influences on and from the Middle Ages. It also continues to cover the same geographical area as the first and second volume, in essence Europe and the Middle East, or, again, influences on and from this area. The languages of these bibliographical references reflect this geography.

Download or read book Animal Weapons written by Douglas J. Emlen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.

Download or read book Northeast Historical Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Manual of Siegecraft and Fortification written by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and published by Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engelsk oversættelse 1968 ved G.A. Rothrock af Vaubans i 1669 på Krigsminister Louvois opfordring skrevne værk "Mémoire sur la Conduite des Sièges" som første gang tryktes i Leiden 1740 under titlen "Mémoire pour servir d'Instruction dans la Conduite des Siéges et dans la Défense des Places"--Se yderligere under denne udgave.

Download or read book The Encyclop dia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Medieval Warfare written by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] is a comprehensive illustrated history of the way, why, and how war was fought from the fall of the Roman Empire through and including the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation"--Jacket.

Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages written by Alexander Hamilton Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Kalachuris and Their Times written by R. K. Sharma and published by Delhi : Sundeep Prakashan. This book was released on 1980 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Kalachuri dynasty of ancient and medieval India and its contribution of Indian culture.

Download or read book The English Castle written by Alexander Hamilton Thompson and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a seat of government as well as the private residence of its owners, the medieval castle was also a military base and stronghold for the surrounding geographical area. The development of these sturdy fortifications in England during the Middle Ages is carefully examined in this profusely illustrated book. From early chapters dealing with primitive earthworks and Roman stations, the text goes on to explore the construction of the English castle following the Norman Conquest, the beginnings of the stone castle and the Norman keep, bastions of the thirteenth century, military architecture, fortified towns in the later Middle Ages, and more. Students of architecture, military history, and medieval studies—as well as anyone interested in the evolution of castle construction—will find this work a fascinating and valuable reference.

Download or read book The World of the Siege written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of the Siege examines relations between the conduct and representations of early modern sieges. The volume offers case studies from various regions in Europe (England, France, the Low Countries, Germany, the Balkans) and throughout the world (the Chinese, Ottoman and Mughal Empires), from the 15th century into the 18th. The international contributors analyse how siege narratives were created and disseminated, and how early modern actors as well as later historians made sense of these violent events in both textual and visual artefacts. . The volume's chronological and geographical breadth provides insight into similarities and differences of siege warfare and military culture across several cultures, countries and centuries, as well as its impact on both combatants and observers. See inside the book.

Download or read book Besieged Seven Cities Under Siege written by J. Bowyer Bell and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Reader s Companion to Military History written by Robert Cowley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with surprising anecdotes, little-known facts, and rare illustrations, the volume provides essential information on major events and battles, commanders, theorists, weaponry and technology, and strategy and tactics. Especially distinctive is the broad spectrum of its thematic articles.