Castle to fortress : medieval to post-modern fortifications in the lands of the former Roman empire / J.E. Kaufmann and H.W. Kaufmann.

By: Kaufmann, J. E [author.]Contributor(s): Kaufmann, H. W [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: vi, 248 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526736871; 152673687XSubject(s): Fortification -- HistoryDDC classification: 728.8/1 LOC classification: UG428 | .K38 2019
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Iberia: Crusading for Conquest -- Brief History of Iberia -- The Leon/Castile Front -- Fortifications of Medieval Iberia -- Alcdo and the Forgotten Fortresses -- The Aragonese/Catalan Front -- The Tide Turns -- Cordoba and Islamic Iberia -- The Last Islamic Bastion -- Avila and other Spanish Classics -- ch. 2 The End of the Age of Castles, Part I -- Fourteenth-Century Evolution -- Paris Fortified -- The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) -- Fortifications and the Hundred Years War -- War in Brittany: Succession and Sieges -- Vincenncs -- Phase Two of the War: 1369 to 1396 -- ch. 3 The End of the Age of Castles, Part II -- The French Civil War -- The Hundred Years War Resumes: The Fifteenth Century -- Population: Big vs. Small -- Henry V Victorious and the French Resurgence -- Conquest by Cannon -- From Medieval to Renaissance Warfare -- ch. 4 The Fringes -- Border Lands -- Castles of the Fringe West of the Rhine -- Crossroads --
Contents note continued: Intimidate, Protect, or Impress? -- Armies and Warf are in the Late Middle Ages and After -- ch. 5 The Renaissance -- End of an Era -- Italy Transitions into the Renaissance -- Italian Renaissance Architects and Military Engineers -- Braye, Fausse-braye and Boulevards -- Italian Wars in the Age of Machiavelli -- New Walls for a New Era -- ch. 6 Closing an Era -- War Italian Style -- The Turning Point -- Evolving Fortifications -- Bridges and Religious Structures -- Conclusion.
Summary: Across western Europe the long tradition of castle-building took on its most sophisticated form in the later medieval period and then, in response to the development of gunpowder weapons, it underwent a fundamental change - from castle to fortress. This, the second volume of a highly illustrated new study of medieval fortification, gives a fascinating insight into the last great age of castles and the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. It traces the advances made between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries, looking in particular at the form these fortifications took in contexts as different as Italy, Wales, France and the Iberian peninsula. Many would regard this period in the history of castles as the classic age. It was followed by a phase of relative decline as the conditions of warfare changed and castles had to be adapted to cope with cannon. The conventional castle gave way to new styles of fortification.
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Iberia: Crusading for Conquest -- Brief History of Iberia -- The Leon/Castile Front -- Fortifications of Medieval Iberia -- Alcdo and the Forgotten Fortresses -- The Aragonese/Catalan Front -- The Tide Turns -- Cordoba and Islamic Iberia -- The Last Islamic Bastion -- Avila and other Spanish Classics -- ch. 2 The End of the Age of Castles, Part I -- Fourteenth-Century Evolution -- Paris Fortified -- The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) -- Fortifications and the Hundred Years War -- War in Brittany: Succession and Sieges -- Vincenncs -- Phase Two of the War: 1369 to 1396 -- ch. 3 The End of the Age of Castles, Part II -- The French Civil War -- The Hundred Years War Resumes: The Fifteenth Century -- Population: Big vs. Small -- Henry V Victorious and the French Resurgence -- Conquest by Cannon -- From Medieval to Renaissance Warfare -- ch. 4 The Fringes -- Border Lands -- Castles of the Fringe West of the Rhine -- Crossroads --

Contents note continued: Intimidate, Protect, or Impress? -- Armies and Warf are in the Late Middle Ages and After -- ch. 5 The Renaissance -- End of an Era -- Italy Transitions into the Renaissance -- Italian Renaissance Architects and Military Engineers -- Braye, Fausse-braye and Boulevards -- Italian Wars in the Age of Machiavelli -- New Walls for a New Era -- ch. 6 Closing an Era -- War Italian Style -- The Turning Point -- Evolving Fortifications -- Bridges and Religious Structures -- Conclusion.

Across western Europe the long tradition of castle-building took on its most sophisticated form in the later medieval period and then, in response to the development of gunpowder weapons, it underwent a fundamental change - from castle to fortress. This, the second volume of a highly illustrated new study of medieval fortification, gives a fascinating insight into the last great age of castles and the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of. It traces the advances made between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries, looking in particular at the form these fortifications took in contexts as different as Italy, Wales, France and the Iberian peninsula. Many would regard this period in the history of castles as the classic age. It was followed by a phase of relative decline as the conditions of warfare changed and castles had to be adapted to cope with cannon. The conventional castle gave way to new styles of fortification.

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