Author:
DeVries, Kelly, 1956-
Edition Statement:2nd ed.
Imprint:[Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, c2012.
Descriptionxviii, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Arms And Armor: -- Chapter 1: Arms: -- Spear/lance -- Axe -- Sword -- Dagger -- Staff-weapon -- Mace -- War hammer -- Sling -- Bow -- Crossbow -- Chapter 2: Armor: -- Early medieval armor -- Armor in the Bayeux Tapestry -- Twelfth-century armor -- Shields, helmets, and heraldry in the thirteenth century -- Fourteenth-century body armor -- Cloth-covered armor from the battlefield of Visby -- Later fourteenth-century armor developments -- Plate armor -- Late medieval infantry armor -- Late medieval helmets -- Late medieval shields and barding -- Chapter 3: Stirrup, mounted shock combat, chivalry, and feudalism: -- White's thesis -- Criticism of White's thesis -- Part 2: Artillery: -- Chapter 4: Non-gunpowder artillery: -- Torsion catapults -- Traction trebuchets -- Counterweight trebuchets -- Greek fire -- Chapter 5: Gunpowder artillery: -- Early history of European gunpowder weapons -- Siege, battlefield, and naval applications -- Types and manufacturing of gunpowder, gunpowder weapons, and projectiles -- Societal impacts and administrative changes -- Chapter 6: Siege machines: -- Ladders -- Siege towers -- Battering rams and mining devices -- Part 3: Fortifications: -- Chapter 7: Early medieval fortifications: -- Late Roman and Barbarian -- Carolingian -- Viking invasions and reactions -- Chapter 8: Motte-and-bailey castle: -- Influence of William the Conqueror -- Construction techniques -- Chapter 9: Stone castles: -- Origin of stone castles -- Eleventh- and twelfth-century stone castles -- Crusader castles -- Golden Age of castle construction -- Edward I's castles in Wales -- Chapter 10: Urban fortifications and fortified residences: -- Fortified residences -- Town walls -- Influence of gunpowder weapons -- Part 4: Warships: -- Chapter 11: Early medieval warships: -- Late Roman and early medieval ships -- Viking ships -- William the Conqueror's fleet -- Chapter 12: High and late medieval warships: -- Crusader ships -- Thirteenth-century ships -- Technological innovations -- Later medieval ships -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-346) and index.
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