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Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages

by Euge Viollet Le Duc

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Synopsis:

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. "

Synopsis:

Profusely illustrated text describes in detail such elements of European citadels as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges. The use of artillery and trenches, as well as such weapons as battering rams, mines, and the long-bow are also discussed. An excellent reference for architectural historians, military buffs, and medievalists. 151 illustrations.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780486440200
Translator:
Macdermott, M.
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Translator:
Macdermott, M.
Author:
Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene-Emmanuel
Subject:
History
Subject:
Medieval
Subject:
Military - Other
Subject:
Castles
Subject:
Architecture, medieval
Subject:
Castles -- Europe.
Series:
Dover Pictorial Archive
Publication Date:
January 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
274
Dimensions:
8.66x5.50x.60 in. .68 lbs.
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