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In medieval warfare, the siege predominated: for every battle, there were hundreds of sieges. Yet the rich and vivid history of siege warfare has been consistently neglected. Jim Bradburys panoramic survey takes the history of siege warfare in Europe from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century, and includes sieges in Byzantium, Eastern Europe and the areas affected by the Crusades. Within this broad sweep of time and place, he finds, not that enormous changes occurred, but that the rules and methods of siege warfare remained remarkably constant. Included are detailed studies of some of the major sieges including Constantinople and Chateau-Gaillard. Throughout, Bradbury supports his narrative with chronicles and letters. First-hand accounts of danger, famine and endurance bring the acute reality of siege warfare clearly before the reader.

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title The Medieval Siege author Bradbury Jim publisher - photo 1
title:The Medieval Siege
author:Bradbury, Jim.
publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin:0851153577
print isbn13:9780851153575
ebook isbn13:9780585182216
language:English
subjectSiege warfare--History, Sieges--Europe--History, Europe--History, Military.
publication date:1992
lcc:UG444.B83 1992eb
ddc:355.4/4
subject:Siege warfare--History, Sieges--Europe--History, Europe--History, Military.
Page i
The Medieval Siege
Page ii
To Stephen and Jane
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The Medieval Siege
Jim Bradbury
THE BOYDELL PRESS
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Jim Bradbury 1992
All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner
First published 1992 by The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
Reprinted in hardback and paperback 1994
Reprinted in paperback 1996
The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc.
PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA
ISBN 0 85115 312 7 hardback
ISBN 0 85115 357 7 paperback
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bradbury, Jim
Medieval Siege
I. Title
940.1
ISBN 0-85115-312-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradbury, Jim.
The medieval siege / Jim Bradbury.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-85115-312-7
1. Siege warfare History. 2. Sieges Europe History.
3. Europe-History, Military. I. Title.
UG444.B83 1992
355.4'4-dc20 92-13727
This publication is printed on acid-free paper
Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
Preface
xiii
Abbreviations
xv
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Civilisation Under Siege, 450-750
1
2
The Second Onslaught, 750-950
20
3
The Beginnings of Castle Warfare, 950-1050
48
4
Kings, Counts and Castellans, 1050-1200
67
5
The Early Crusades, 1050-1200
93
6
An Age of Great Kings, 1200-1350
128
7
Trouble in the West, 1350-1500
153
8
Trouble in the East, 1200-1565
188
9
Medieval Siege Weapons
241
10
The Conventions and Laws of Siege Warfare
296
Bibliography
335
Index
349

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Illustrations
Plan: The defences of early medieval Constantinople
Drawn by Hilary Evans
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Fifth-century illustration of the siege of Troy
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 3225, f. 19r
13
Carolingian sieges, from the Golden Psalter of St Gallen
Suftsbibliothek, St Gallen, MS Cod. 22, p. 141
32
Defence of a burh
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Junius XI, f. 81
40
A siege from the Utrecht Psalter
University Library, Utrecht, MS 32, f. 25r
42
Plan: Paris in the ninth century
Drawn by Hilary Evans
44
Plan: Early castles and strongholds on the Loire and in northern France
Drawn by Hilary Evans
49
Eleventh-century illustration of a siege
Bibliothque Nationale, Paris, MS lat. 6 II, f. 129v
57
Plan: Significant sites in twelfth-century France
Drawn by Hilary Evans
68
The motte and bailey castle at Dol
From the Bayeux Tapestry
69
Twelfth-century version of the attack on Troy
Staats- und Universittsbibliothek, Hamburg: Historiae
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