| Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages Contributor(s): Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene-Emmanuel (Author), Macdermott, M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0486440206 ISBN-13: 9780486440200 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2005 Annotation: Profusely illustrated discussions offer details of dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges, along with uses of artillery, trenches, battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. "Will enthrall anyone interested in architecture, military, or medieval history. It is equally accessible to scholars as it is to the general reader." -- "History in Review. " |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Military - Weapons |
| Dewey: 725.18 |
| LCCN: 2004059325 |
| Series: Dover Pictorial Archives |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.66" (0.68 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study -- the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted nineteenth-century architect and writer Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc discusses such architectural elements as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges. In addition to describing a vast number of European structures -- among them fortifications at Carcassonne, Paris, Avignon, Vincennes, Lubeck, Milan, and Nuremberg -- he examines the use of artillery and trenches, as well as such weapons as battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. A concise, scholarly reference for architectural historians, this absorbing history will appeal as well to medievalists, military buffs, and anyone interested in the evolution and development of the castle. |