The medieval city under siege / edited by Ivy A. Corfis and Michael Wolfe.

Other author Corfis, Ivy A.
Other author Wolfe, Michael.
Format Book
Publication InfoWoodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press, 1995.
Description292 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents New perspectives on medieval siege warfare / Michael Wolfe -- Life on the cutting edge : the besieged town on the Luso-Hispanic frontier in the twelfth century / James F. Powers -- The medieval German city under siege / Michael Toch -- Siege warfare and the bonnes villes of France during the Hundred Years War / Michael Wolfe -- Town defences in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem / Denys Pringle -- Byzantine siege warfare in theory and practice / Eric McGeer -- Artillery in late antiquity : prelude to the Middle Ages / Paul E. Chevedden -- Siege warfare in medieval Hispanic epic and romance / Michael Harney -- The slings and arrows of outrageous love in the Roman de la rose / Heather Arden -- Chivalry under siege in Ricardian romance / Winthrop Wetherbee -- The gunpowder weaponry on siege warfare in the Hundred Years War / Kelly DeVries -- Siegecraft in late fifteenth-century Italy / Michael Mallett -- The changing face of siege warfare : technology and tactics in transition / Bert S. Hall.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94019121
ISBN0851155618 (acid-free paper)