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The medieval military engineer : from the Roman Empire to the sixteenth century /

"The results of medieval engineering still surround us - cathedrals, castles, stone bridges, irrigation systems. However, the siege artillery, siege towers, temporary bridges, earthwork emplacements and underground mines used for war have left little trace behind them; and there is even less of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purton, P. F. (Peter Fraser) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2018.
Colección:Armour and weapons.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Military Engineers in the Middle Ages
  • 2. Late Antiquity and the Early "Middle Ages": Were the "Dark Ages" Really Dark?
  • 3. Anonymous but Effective: The Engineers and Technicians of the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries
  • 4. The Engineer Recognised
  • 5. Engineers in Demand: Innovation and Development in the Thirteenth Century
  • 6. Old and New Technology and its Operators in the Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries
  • 7. Polymaths and Specialists in the Fifteenth Century.