Christopher Duffy

Siege Warfare

The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660

• Broschiertes Buch

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780415146494
• ISBN-10: 0415146496
• Artikelnr.: 21514895

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