Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660

by Christopher Duffy

Overview

This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organization, strategy, geography, law, architectural values, town life and symbolism and imagination. The book is well illustrated, and will be a valuable companion for enthusiasts of military and architectural history, as well as the general medievalist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136607868
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Christopher Duffy

Table of Contents

Preface, Prologue: The Earliest Artillery Fortification, One Fortress Warfare in Renaissance Italy Two Later Italian Wars and the Origins of Permanent Artillery Fortification 1 530-1 600 Three The Frontiers of France 1513-59 Four The Eighty Years War in the Netherlands 1566-1648 Five The Apprenticeship of France 1560-1660 Six The English Civil War and the Subjugation of Ireland Seven The Baltic Empires Eight The Sultan and his Enemies Nine Fortress Warfare beyond the Seas Ten The Fortress and Humankind

Editorial Reviews

An illustrated analysis of the design, function, and history of fortresses designed to withstand artillery. Duffy (war studies, Sandhurst) looks at fortress warfare in Renaissance Italy, the origins of permanent artillery fortification, the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands, the English Civil War and the subjugation of Ireland, and fortress warfare beyond the seas. The concluding chapter explores what living in a fortress town was like for everyday people. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

""Siege Warfare represents a valuable resource in the library of anyone interested in the contours of early modern warfare. The full meaning of developments in siege warfare remains still to be worked out by historians, but we can be confident that, when they do, they will use the materials so ably assembled by Christopher Duffy."
-"Sixteenth Century Journal

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