Medieval Fortress : Castles, Forts, and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages

by Kaufmann, Joseph E.; Kaufmann, H. W.

• ISBN13: 9781580970624
• ISBN10: 1580970621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Combined Books

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	11	(2)
Introduction	13	(8)
Elements of Medieval Fortifications	21	(48)
Grod, Motte and Bailey, Bergfried, and Keep	23	(2)
Towers	25	(6)
Gatehouses and Drawbridges	31	(3)
Enceintes	34	(3)
Battlements, Firing Embrasures, and Roofs	37	(10)
The Moat	47	(2)
Inside the Walls	49	(6)
Bastides and Other Fortifications	55	(2)
Siege Techniques	57	(12)
Early Medieval Fortifications	69	(34)
Fortifications in the Dark Ages	69	(10)
Fortifications in the Islamic, Byzantine, and Frankish Empires	79	(5)
Fortifications in the British Isles	84	(1)
Fortifications Of and Against the Norse	85	(4)
Fortifications in the Slavic Lands	89	(5)
Fortifications and the Magyars	94	(9)
The Age of Castles	103	(48)
Fortifications at the Beginning of the High Middle Ages	104	(1)
Castles Emerge in the West	105	(4)
Castles of Western Europe	109	(5)
Fortified Cities in the Middle Ages	114	(5)
The Grody of Eastern Europe	119	(4)
Fortifications of Central and Southern Europe	123	(3)
From Grody to Zamki	126	(3)
Fortifications of Iberia	129	(2)
Fortifications of the Crusades	131	(2)
The Turning Point	133	(6)
Fortifications Against the Mongols	139	(3)
Social Organization and Army Size	142	(9)
Decline of the High Castle Walls	151	(36)
Use of Cannons in the Hundred Years War	151	(12)
The Fall of Constantinople	163	(4)
The Siege of Fortifications during the Reconquista	167	(4)
The Siege and Fall of Rhodes	171	(4)
An Age Ends and Walls Move Downward	175	(12)
Medieval Castles and Fortifications	187	(119)
Great Britain	191	(16)
Ireland	207	(6)
France	213	(16)
The Low Countries	229	(6)
Switzerland	235	(2)
Holy Roman Empire	237	(8)
Scandinavia and Finland	245	(4)
Central Europe	249	(6)
Poland	255	(8)
Lithuania	263	(1)
Ukraine	264	(1)
Russia	265	(2)
Eastern Mediterranean	267	(6)
Italian Peninsula	273	(8)
Iberian Peninsula	281	(12)
North Africa	293	(2)
Appendixes
Builders and Architects of Medieval Fortresses	295	(2)
Chronology of Sieges	297	(7)
History of Medieval Artillery	304	(2)
Glossary	306	(3)
Bibliography	309	(6)
Index	315