Preface
The Age of the Mongol Conquests
Attack and Defence in the late Thirteenth Century
[ca.1260-1320]
The Fourteenth Century: seige warfare at the start of a new age
The Age of Timur "the world conqueror": the fourteenth century in
the East
The early Fifteenth Century: changing times
The late Fifteenth Century 1: Britain, France, Central Europe and
the Balkans
The late Fifteenth Century 2: A time of transition?
New weapons and new defences
Glossary
Bibliography
Peter Purton proves a reliable and entertaining guide during our
journey through siege warfare in the Middle Ages.
*MEDIEVAL WARFARE*
Purton's major contribution, and it is a contribution of
considerable significance, is to provide a great many hundreds of
references to and discussions of sieges that took place throughout
the Middle Ages not only in Europe and the Middle East, but also in
central Asia, China, and South Asia.
*CITHARA*
A lasting and valuable addition to fortification studies. It is
perhaps the definitive work on a feature of medieval warfare which
was paramount all through that age. [...] This is a most
stimulating book and scholarship apart, a rattling good read. The
publishers are to be congratulated on a fine presentation.
*CASEMATE*
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