Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660

ISBN-13: 9780415146494 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 304 str.

Christopher Duffy

Opis

This is an integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organisation, strategy, geography, law, architectural values, town life and symbolism and imagination. The book should be useful for enthusiasts of military and architectural history, as well as the general medievalist.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Christopher Duffy