02762nam 2200529 450 991082333390332120231121083658.090-04-37692-510.1163/9789004376922(CKB)4100000005601898(MiAaPQ)EBC55550192018033523(nllekb)BRILL97890043769222018033523(EXLCZ)99410000000560189820210425d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArtillery in the era of the Crusades siege warfare and the development of trebuchet technology /edited by Michael S. FultonLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2018]1 online resource (xxx, 512 pages)History of warfare ;v. 12290-04-34945-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Background -- 2 Mechanics -- 3 First Crusade -- 4 Twelfth Century -- 5 Third Crusade -- 6 Ayyubid Period -- 7 Mamluk Period -- Plates -- 8 Influence of Offensive Artillery -- 9 Influence of Defensive Artillery -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Mentions of Artillery -- Appendix 2: Images and Technical Treatises -- Appendix 3: Mathematical Scenarios -- Appendix 4: Reconstructed Engines -- Bibliography -- Index.Artillery in the Era of the Crusades provides a detailed examination of the use of mechanical artillery in the Levant through the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Rather than focus on a selection of sensational anecdotes, Michael S. Fulton explores the full scope of the available literary and archaeological evidence, reinterpreting the development of trebuchet technology and the ways in which it was used during this period. Among the arguments put forward, Fulton challenges the popular perception that the invention of the counterweight trebuchet was responsible for the dramatic transformation in the design of fortifications around the start of the thirteenth century.History of Warfare122.Siege warfare and the development of trebuchet technologyCatapultSiege artilleryHistoryTo 1500Siege warfareHistoryTo 1500CrusadesCatapult.Siege artilleryHistorySiege warfareHistoryCrusades.355.4/40902Fulton Michael S1652754NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910823333903321Artillery in the era of the Crusades4003611UNINA