Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410919496
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Looks at the simple machines used to build and defend castles, including pulleys, levers, wheels and axles, wedges, and screws.
Castle Under Siege!
Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410919182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Why were castles built and how were they defended? How would an enemy attempt to takeover a castle? Find out in this title filled with facts and charts.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410919182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Why were castles built and how were they defended? How would an enemy attempt to takeover a castle? Find out in this title filled with facts and charts.
Castle Under Siege
Author: Richard Dargie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780817281212
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the siege of castles throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East beginning with the Gauls' attempt to take Rome in 390 B.C. and ending in the fifteenth century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780817281212
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the siege of castles throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East beginning with the Gauls' attempt to take Rome in 390 B.C. and ending in the fifteenth century.
Castle Under Siege!
Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410919496
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Looks at the simple machines used to build and defend castles, including pulleys, levers, wheels and axles, wedges, and screws.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410919496
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Looks at the simple machines used to build and defend castles, including pulleys, levers, wheels and axles, wedges, and screws.
Castle at War
Author: Andrew Langley
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes, in brief text and illustrations, how the inhabitants of a medieval castle prepared for war and endured a siege.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes, in brief text and illustrations, how the inhabitants of a medieval castle prepared for war and endured a siege.
Castles Under Siege
Author: Richard Dargie
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404242944
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Looks at the history of siege warfare and castle defense in medieval Europe, with information on preparation for a siege, methods of attack and defense, sack and pillage.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404242944
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Looks at the history of siege warfare and castle defense in medieval Europe, with information on preparation for a siege, methods of attack and defense, sack and pillage.
The Medieval City Under Siege
Author: Ivy A. Corfis
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851157566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
These studies of medieval military history examine the topic of siege warfare, exploring the urban milieu within which it developed, and the evolution of siege technology up to the advent of gunpowder weaponry.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851157566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
These studies of medieval military history examine the topic of siege warfare, exploring the urban milieu within which it developed, and the evolution of siege technology up to the advent of gunpowder weaponry.
Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry
Author: Charity Cannon Willard
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271043050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has often been regarded with disdain. Many have assumed that Christine was simply copying or pilfering earlier military manuals. But, as Sumner Willard and Charity Cannon Willard show in this faithful English translation, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry contains much that is original to Christine. As a military manual it tells us a great deal about the strategy, tactics, and technology of medieval warfare and is one of our most important sources for early gunpowder weapon technology. It also includes a fascinating discussion of Just War. Since the end of the fifteenth century, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry has been available primarily through Antoine Vérard's imprint of 1488 or William Caxton's 1489 translation, The Book of the Order of Chivalry. Vérard even suggested that the work was his own translation of the Roman writer Vegetius, making no mention of Christine 's name. Caxton attributed the work to Christine, but it is impossible to identify the manuscript he used for his translation. Moreoever, both translations are inaccurate. The Willards correct these inaccuracies in a clear and easy-to-read translation, which they supplement with notes and an introduction that will greatly benefit students, scholars, and enthusiasts alike. Publication of this work should change our perception both of medieval warfare and of Christine de Pizan.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271043050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
It is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410, has often been regarded with disdain. Many have assumed that Christine was simply copying or pilfering earlier military manuals. But, as Sumner Willard and Charity Cannon Willard show in this faithful English translation, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry contains much that is original to Christine. As a military manual it tells us a great deal about the strategy, tactics, and technology of medieval warfare and is one of our most important sources for early gunpowder weapon technology. It also includes a fascinating discussion of Just War. Since the end of the fifteenth century, The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry has been available primarily through Antoine Vérard's imprint of 1488 or William Caxton's 1489 translation, The Book of the Order of Chivalry. Vérard even suggested that the work was his own translation of the Roman writer Vegetius, making no mention of Christine 's name. Caxton attributed the work to Christine, but it is impossible to identify the manuscript he used for his translation. Moreoever, both translations are inaccurate. The Willards correct these inaccuracies in a clear and easy-to-read translation, which they supplement with notes and an introduction that will greatly benefit students, scholars, and enthusiasts alike. Publication of this work should change our perception both of medieval warfare and of Christine de Pizan.
The Medieval Siege
Author: Jim Bradbury
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851153575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In medieval warfare, the siege predominated: for every battle, there were hundreds of sieges. Yet the rich and vivid history of siege warfare has been consistently neglected. Jim Bradbury's panoramic survey takes the history of siege warfare in Europe from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century, and includes sieges in Byzantium, Eastern Europe and the areas affected by the Crusades. Within this broad sweep of time and place, he finds, not that enormous changes occurred, but that the rules and methods of siege warfare remained remarkably constant. Included are detailed studies of some of the major sieges including Constantinople and Chateau-Gaillard. Throughout, Bradbury supports his narrative with chronicles and letters. irst-hand accounts of danger, famine and endurance bring the acute reality of siege warfare clearly before the reader.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851153575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In medieval warfare, the siege predominated: for every battle, there were hundreds of sieges. Yet the rich and vivid history of siege warfare has been consistently neglected. Jim Bradbury's panoramic survey takes the history of siege warfare in Europe from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century, and includes sieges in Byzantium, Eastern Europe and the areas affected by the Crusades. Within this broad sweep of time and place, he finds, not that enormous changes occurred, but that the rules and methods of siege warfare remained remarkably constant. Included are detailed studies of some of the major sieges including Constantinople and Chateau-Gaillard. Throughout, Bradbury supports his narrative with chronicles and letters. irst-hand accounts of danger, famine and endurance bring the acute reality of siege warfare clearly before the reader.
Castle
Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395329207
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
"Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales."--Title page verso.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395329207
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
"Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales."--Title page verso.
Ye Castle Stinketh
Author: Chana Stiefel
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1464604460
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Have your readers ever dreamed of living in a castle? Life in the Middle Ages was no fairy tale. Readers will charge back in time to find out what real life was like in castles of the Middle Ages in this reluctant reader book.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1464604460
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Have your readers ever dreamed of living in a castle? Life in the Middle Ages was no fairy tale. Readers will charge back in time to find out what real life was like in castles of the Middle Ages in this reluctant reader book.