Artillery in the Era of the Crusades - Siege Warfare and the Development of Trebuchet Technology

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.

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Info autore

Michael S. Fulton, Ph.D. (2016), Cardiff University, is a Visiting Scholar with the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. He has published a number of articles, including "A Ridge too Far," Crusades 16 (2017) and "Development of Prefabricated Artillery during the Crusades," JMMH 13 (2015).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael S Fulton, Michael S. Fulton
• Editore: Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.08.2018
• EAN: 9789004349452
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34945-2
• Pagine: 544
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Peso: 925 g
• Serie: History of Warfare
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria