Artillery in the era of the Crusades : siege warfare and the development of trebuchet technology / / edited by Michael S. Fulton

• Autore: Fulton Michael S
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxx, 512 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.4/40902
• Soggetto topico: Catapult; Siege artillery - History - To 1500; Siege warfare - History - To 1500; Crusades
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Siege warfare and the development of trebuchet technology
• Titolo autorizzato: Artillery in the era of the Crusades
• ISBN: 90-04-37692-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823333903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of Warfare ; 122.