Civilization under siege, 450-750; the second onslaught, 750-950; the beginnings of castle warfare, 950-1050; kings, counts and castellans, 1050-1200; the early crusades, 1050-1200; an age of great kings, 1200-1350; trouble in the West, 1350-1500; trouble in the East, 1200-1565; medieval siege weapons; the conventions and laws of siege warfare.
Fills a notable gap left by the battle-centric nature of earlier
military historiography and by the concentration of castle studies
on the evolution of defensive structures to the comparative neglect
of the methods of assault which prompted such developments... An
informed overview... herein lies the book's great value, mapping
broad trends and affording a host of comparative material.
*HISTORY*
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