Christopher Duffy

Siege Warfare (eBook, ePUB)

The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organization, strategy, geography, law, architectural values, town life and symbolism and imagination. The book is well illustrated, and will be a valuable companion for enthusiasts of military and architectural history, as well as the general medievalist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136607868
• Artikelnr.: 38271624

Autorenporträt

Christopher Duffy

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Prologue: The Earliest Artillery Fortification, One Fortress
Warfare in Renaissance Italy Two Later Italian Wars and the Origins of
Permanent Artillery Fortification 1 530-1 600 Three The Frontiers of France
1513-59 Four The Eighty Years War in the Netherlands 1566-1648 Five The
Apprenticeship of France 1560-1660 Six The English Civil War and the
Subjugation of Ireland Seven The Baltic Empires Eight The Sultan and his
Enemies Nine Fortress Warfare beyond the Seas Ten The Fortress and
Humankind

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Preface, Prologue: The Earliest Artillery Fortification, One Fortress Warfare in Renaissance Italy Two Later Italian Wars and the Origins of Permanent Artillery Fortification 1 530-1 600 Three The Frontiers of France 1513-59 Four The Eighty Years War in the Netherlands 1566-1648 Five The Apprenticeship of France 1560-1660 Six The English Civil War and the Subjugation of Ireland Seven The Baltic Empires Eight The Sultan and his Enemies Nine Fortress Warfare beyond the Seas Ten The Fortress and Humankind