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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Siege warfare"”.
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Siege warfare during the Crusades
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Women, gender, and siege during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-1652
… dissertation provides a gender history of the sieges conducted during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: the constellation of conflicts that took place in Britain and Ireland between 1639 and 1652. Sieges created ‘distinct spaces of intensified and prolonged relationships to violence’ as opposed …
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Science, warfare and society in the Renaissance, with particular reference to fortification theory
… forms. The increasing use of artillery in siege warfare in attack, and defence, meant that the ability of defending guns to punish the attack could no longer be so neglected in design. The shift to the diametrically opposite mode of design based on the functioning of defending artillery was …
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Engineering as Technology of Technology and the Subjugated Practice
… for dominant engineering practice in ancient siege engines and military engineering, where qualities such as quantity, power, superiority, and ingenuity reinforced each other at the critical times of high-stakes siege warfare. I demonstrate how these interlocking qualities became the …
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The contextualisation of Crusader mass graves from Sidon, Lebanon.
… regarding the number and nature of battles, sieges and smaller conflicts during the Late Medieval period (AD1000-1500) is hotly debated due to the relative lack of physical evidence for these events and processes. The Crusades in the Levant have been extensively studied from the perspective …
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"there I, Paul Dolnstein, Saw Action." The Sketchbook Of A Warrior Artisan In The German Renaissance
<p>This thesis provides analysis, transcription, and translation of Paul Dolnstein's early sixteenth century annotated sketchbook. The study offers insight into one `type' of German Renaissance mercenary, the sedentary type. Known as Landsknechts, German Renaissance mercenaries were prized for …