Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages
Автор: Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Год издания: 0000
This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study — the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted nineteenth-century architect and writer Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc discusses such architectural elements as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges. In addition to describing a vast number of European structures — among them fortifications at Carcassonne, Paris, Avignon, Vincennes, Lubeck, Milan, and Nuremberg — he examines the use of artillery and trenches, as well as such weapons as battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. A concise, scholarly reference for architectural historians, this absorbing history will appeal as well to medievalists, military buffs, and anyone interested in the evolution and development of the castle.
Samurai warfare
Автор: Dr. Stephen Tumbull
Год издания:
Книга посвящена развитию огнестрельного оружия в эпоху самураев. Для большинства людей самураи ассоциируются только с мечами, а у них было довольно хорошо развито огнестрельное оружие в эпоху клановых войн. Вот об этом оружии и книга.
The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Автор: Анна Радклиф
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne : A highland story / By Ann Radcliffe».