Castles And Fortified Cities Of Medieval Europe

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 078646027X

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Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage Pdf

During the Middle Ages, castles and other fortified buildings were a common feature of the European landscape. As central powers rose and fell, the insecurity of the times inspired a revival of fortifications first introduced in the Roman Empire. Despite limitations in construction techniques and manpower, medieval fortifications were continuously adapted to meet new political circumstances and weapons technology. Here is an illustrated guide to the architecture of medieval fortifications, from the first castles to the fortified cities of the 15th and 16th centuries. In hundreds of detailed and thoroughly researched pen-and-ink drawings, historian and artist Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage introduces the reader to the development and diversity of European medieval military architecture. Each drawing is accompanied by meticulous descriptions of types of buildings (e.g., motte-and-bailey castles), built-in defenses (arrow slits, pepper-pot towers), and particular castles and cities (the Mont-Saint-Michel, the city of Jerusalem). Elements of medieval warfare and weaponry are also covered in drawings and text.

Author : Jean-Denis Lepage
Publisher : McFarland Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0786410922

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Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe by Jean-Denis Lepage Pdf

During the Middle Ages, castles and other fortified buildings were a common feature of the European landscape. As central powers rose and fell, the insecurity of the time inspired a revival of fortification techniques first introduced in the Roman Empire. Despite limitations in construction techniques and manpower, medieval fortifications were continuously adapted to meet new political circumstances and weapons technology. Here is an illustrated guide to the architecture of medieval fortifications, from the first castles to the fortified cities of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In hundreds of detailed and thoroughly researched pen-and-ink drawings, artist Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage introduces the reader to a heterogeneous group of buildings whose unique characteristics show the development and diversity of European medieval military architecture. Each drawing is accompanied by detailed text describing types of buildings (e.g., motte-and-bailey castles), built-in defenses (arrow slits, pepper-pot towers), and particular castles and cities (the Mont-Saint-Michel, the city of Jerusalem). Elements of medieval warfare and weaponry are also covered in drawings and text.

Author : J.E. Kaufmann,H.W. Kaufmann
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110369662

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The Medieval Fortresses by J.E. Kaufmann,H.W. Kaufmann Pdf

Two fortifications specialists and a technical artist team up to present a unique portrait of military architecture during the Middle Ages. They reveal how the medieval fortress combined both Roman and barbarian features, with some influences as far away as China. 100 photos. 400+ diagrams.

Author : Wolfgang F. Schuerl
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015035318628

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Medieval Castles and Cities by Wolfgang F. Schuerl Pdf

Author : Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486137575

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Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc Pdf

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.

Author : Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226071657

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Castles, Battles, & Bombs by Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll Pdf

Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics—with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France’s decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today’s military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. "In bringing economics into assessments of military history, [the authors] also bring illumination. . . . [The authors] turn their interdisciplinary lens on the mercenary arrangements of Renaissance Italy; the wars of Marlborough, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon; Grant's campaigns in the Civil War; and the strategic bombings of World War II. The results are invariably stimulating."—Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly "This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics

Author : Charles Coulson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199273638

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Castles in Medieval Society by Charles Coulson Pdf

The vast majority of castles in England, Wales, Ireland, and France have virtually no military history' of sieges or physical conflict across the whole panorama of more than five centuries'. This is quite a sobering thought.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0312541406

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Castles by Anonim Pdf

While the word "castle" conjures up an image of the classic medieval stone edifice, resplendent with towers and turrets, battlements and barbicans, and the odd oubliette, the impulse to build defensive works is as old as civilization itself; and the evolution of such architecture not only encompasses global cultures but is also a physical expression of the changing face of military tactics and technology. Castles takes a uniquely architectural approach to deconstructing all forms of fortification, showing how the work of architect, stonemason, and engineer evolved to repel the increasingly destructive power of an attack, from siege engine to artillery. While the medieval castle is analyzed in detail, the book addresses a broad chronology of defenses--from the earliest fortresses and walled cities of the ancient world through to the point in the 19th century when modern weapons forced armies underground. Castles uses stylish two-tone engravings to dissect a wealth of examples from both western and eastern cultures; "anatomies" that annotate the classic structures for both their architectural and military significance; and "Then and Now" features that offer unique comparisons between castles in their pomp as depicted in illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, maps, and paintings, and matching color photographs of those same castles as they appear today. This architectural review of soaring towers and redoubtable walls provides both a fascinating narrative and an essential visual reference for the general and military historian.

Author : O. H. Creighton
Publisher : Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1904768679

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Castles and Landscapes by O. H. Creighton Pdf

This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies.

Author : J. E. Kaufmann,H. W. Kaufmann
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781526736888

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Castle to Fortress by J. E. Kaufmann,H. W. Kaufmann Pdf

The authors of Castrum to Castle trace the “evolution of defensive architecture at the turn of the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance.” —Old Barbed Wire Blog Across western Europe, the long tradition of castle-building took on its most sophisticated form in the later Medieval period and then, in response to the development of gunpowder weapons, it underwent a fundamental change—from castle to fortress. This, the second volume of a highly illustrated new study of medieval fortification, gives a fascinating insight into the last great age of castles and the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. It traces the advances made between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries, looking in particular at the form these fortifications took in contexts as different as Italy, Wales, France and the Iberian Peninsula. Many would regard this period in the history of castles as the classic age. It was followed by a phase of relative decline as the conditions of warfare changed and castles had to be adapted to cope with cannon. The conventional castle gave way to new styles of fortification. But, as the authors demonstrate, they were still essential factors in military calculations and campaigns—they were of direct strategic and tactical importance wherever there was an attempt to take or hold territory. “A fascinating treatise on the way such buildings were modified to provide protection from growing threats.” —Books Monthly

Author : John R. Kenyon
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018494164

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Medieval Fortifications by John R. Kenyon Pdf

The author considers the period from the introduction of the castle by the Normans to the accession of the Tudors and adopts a broadly thematic approach. The book provides a synthesis of what has been learnt about the development, form and function of British castles through excavations since 1945.

Author : Rikke Agnete Olsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9788771840070

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Danish Medieval Castles by Rikke Agnete Olsen Pdf

Danish Medieval Castles is the first comprehensive overview in English of the castles and fortifications that are known from medieval Denmark. The book tells the story of who built the castles, when they did so, and why this happened.Over the past decades several castle buildings and earthworks have been examined, a few new archaeological sites have been found, and old excavations have been reopened. All of this has resulted in new knowledge. The book also describes everyday life in Dansish castles in the Middle Ages, and examines the historic importance of the castles in times of peace and turbulence.

Author : Abigail Wheatley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781903153147

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The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England by Abigail Wheatley Pdf

Medieval castles have traditionally been explained as feats of military engineering and tools of feudal control, but Abigail Wheatley takes a different approach, looking at a range of sources usually neglected in castle studies. Evidence from contemporary literature and art reveals the castle's place at the heart of medieval culture, as an architecture of ideas every bit as sophisticated as the church architecture of the period. This study offers a genuinely fresh perspective. Most castle scholars confine themselves to historical documents, but Wheatley examines literary and artistic evidence for its influence on and response to contemporary castle architecture. Sermons, seals and ivory caskets, local legends and Roman ruins all have their part to play. What emerges is a fascinating web of cultural resonances: the castle is implicated in every aspect of medieval consciousness, from private religious contemplation to the creation of national mythologies. This book makes a compelling case for a new, interdisciplinary approach to castle studies. ABIGAIL WHEATLEY studied for her PhD at York University's Centre for Medieval Studies.

Author : Kelly DeVries
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047414889

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A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2004 by Kelly DeVries Pdf

This first update to the Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology (Brill, 2002) includes additional entries for the period before 2000 and new entries for the period 2000-2002.

Author : James Graham-Campbell,Magdalena Valor
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788771244274

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The Archaeology of Medieval Europe 1 by James Graham-Campbell,Magdalena Valor Pdf

The two volumes of The Archaeology of Medieval Europe will together comprise the first complete account of medieval archaeology across Europe. Archaeologists from academic institutions in fifteen countries are collaborating to produce these two books of sixteen thematic chapters each. In addition, every chapter will feature a number of 'box-texts', by specialist contributors, highlighting sites or themes of particular importance. The books will be comprehensively illustrated throughout, in both colour and b/w, including line drawings and specially commissioned maps. This ground-breaking set, which is divided chronologically into two (Vol. 1 extending from the Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD, and Vol. 2 from the Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries - to appear 2008), will enable readers to track the development of different cultures, and of regional characteristics, throughout the full extent of medieval Catholic Europe. In addition to revealing shared contexts and technological developments, the complete work will also provide the opportunity for demonstrating the differences that were inevitably present across the Continent - from Iceland to Italy, and from Portugal to Finland - and to study why such differences existed.