Author: Alberto Durero
Publisher: Ediciones AKAL
ISBN: 9788446021568
Category : Architecture
Languages : es
Pages : 224
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A comienzos del siglo XVI las funciones del arquitecto y del ingeniero no sólo estaban unidas, sino que a menudo sus profesiones correspondientes se denominaban con términos intercambiables. Alberto Durero, como hicieron Leonardo o Miguel Ángel, también se interesó por la dependencia entre la edificación de fortificaciones y la urbanística y por las propiedades estéticas de la construcción abastionada. Esta idea amplia y creativa del «arte de la guerra» le movería a estampar en octubre de 1527 su Tratado de arquitectura y urbanismo militar, el último escrito personal que vio editado en vida, seis meses antes de fallecer. El Tratado es la primera obra impresa sobre la adaptación de perímetros defensivos a las necesidades de la guerra moderna, esto es, al desafío de las armas pesadas de fuego. Se ocupa tanto del asiento ex novo de fortalezas y ciudades como de la fortificación de núcleos urbanos y burgos preexistentes. Su publicación pionera puso fin al secretismo imperante en la ingeniería de la época, dando a la luz un volumen consagrado a divulgar de la manera más clara posible los principios rectores de la arquitectura militar. La presente es la primera edición crítica del Tratado realizada en cualquier idioma, vertida al castellano a partir del alemán original y confrontada con los bocetos y textos manuscritos previos. El texto de Durero se acompaña de una completa introducción y de un estudio filológico que ayudan a situarlo en su contexto histórico y cultural.
Author: Hélder Carvalhal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000372820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much debated in international historiography, and this volume fills a significant gap in its relation to the history of Portugal and its overseas empire. It examines different forms of military change in specifically Portuguese case studies but also adopts a global perspective through the analysis of different contexts and episodes in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Contributors explore whether there is evidence of what could be defined as aspects of a military revolution or whether other explanatory models are needed to account for different forms of military change. In this way, it offers the reader a variety of perspectives that contribute to the debate over the applicability of the military revolution concept to Portugal and its empire during the early modern period. Broken down into four thematic parts and broad in both chronological and geographical scope, the book deepens our understanding of the art of warfare in Portugal and its empire and demonstrates how the military revolution debate can be used to examine military change in a global perspective. This is an essential text for scholars and students of military history, military architecture, global history, Asian history, and the history of Iberian empires.
Author: George Dekoulis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789239532
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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This book, "Military Engineering", is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the field of military engineering. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the physical sciences, engineering and technology research area. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on military engineering, and opening new possible research paths for further novel developments.
Author: Denis De Lucca
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004223789
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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This book sheds light on the role of Jesuit mathematicians in the widespread dissemination of ideas about military architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by means of teaching, writings and consultancy activities aimed at assisting Catholic leaders in their wars against protestants and infidels.
Author: Jochen Schenk
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315466236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
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Forty papers link the study of the military orders’ cultural life and output with their involvement in political and social conflicts during the medieval and early modern period. Divided into two volumes, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe respectively, the collection brings together the most up-to-date research by experts from fifteen countries on a kaleidoscope of relevant themes and issues, thus offering a broad-ranging and at the same time very detailed study of the subject.
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Author: Jochen Burgtorf
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000374963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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As the oldest of the military religious orders and the one with an unexpected and dramatic downfall, the knighthood of the Templars continues to fascinate academics and students as well as the public at large. A collection of fifteen chapters accompanied by a historical introduction, The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order recounts and analyzes this community’s rise and establishment in both the crusader states of the eastern Mediterranean and the countries of western Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, reflects on the proceedings launched against it and its subsequent fall (1307–1314), and explores its medieval and post-medieval legacy, including an assessment of current research pertaining to the Templars and suggestions for future explorations. Showcasing a wide range of methodological approaches and primary source materials, this volume unites historical, art-historical, theological, archaeological, and historiographical perspectives, and it features the work and voices of scholars from various academic generations who reside in eight different countries (Israel, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, and the United States of America).
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Publisher: Jorge Lucendo
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Languages : en
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Author: C.A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845648331
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 433
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Containing the proceedings of the second International Conference on Defence Sites, Heritage and Future this book promotes the knowledge of the scale, design and functions of defence sites. It brings a better understanding of the issues raised by their redundancy and the implications of different disposal processes for the land. Redundant defence sites offer a range of opportunities to planners, architects and local communities to redevelop large areas, bringing new life to often neglected parts of towns. These opportunities are common to many countries and the papers in this book stress this common feature and help to share experiences of the transformation of defence sites to civilian uses around the world. The re-use of defence sites also raises questions regarding the need to recover brownfields and contaminated land which can have far-reaching legal responsibilities and environmental consequences. Achieving the sustainable development of these sites involves issues related to maintenance and conservation, as well as built and natural environmental controls, while also responding to the needs and aspirations of the community. Topics covered include: Military heritage history; Castles and fortresses; Fortified cities; Case studies; Transition from military to civilian life; Community involvement; Economic analysis; Risk assessment; Simulation and modelling; Funding and legal requirements.
Author: Ian Inkster
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441115072
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred. Volume 27 includes a special issue on The Professional Identity of Engineers:Historical and Contemporary Issues.
