Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 23
Page 50
... called a vinea or vine - arbour . It was about 2.5 metres high , 2 metres wide and 5 metres long , totally enclosed and made of planks or hurdles . The musculus was a solid sloping penthouse roof , reaching down to the ground . With its ...
... called a vinea or vine - arbour . It was about 2.5 metres high , 2 metres wide and 5 metres long , totally enclosed and made of planks or hurdles . The musculus was a solid sloping penthouse roof , reaching down to the ground . With its ...
Page 70
... called Danes , Swedes , Vikings , Norse- men or Northmen , these raiders ' depredations frightened people into building towers of refuge , strong walls around their cities , riverside castles and fortified bridges , equipped with ...
... called Danes , Swedes , Vikings , Norse- men or Northmen , these raiders ' depredations frightened people into building towers of refuge , strong walls around their cities , riverside castles and fortified bridges , equipped with ...
Page 155
... called die Materielschlacht ( the Battle of Material ) . For also significant in military architecture was the mass - production of items which would make temporary fieldworks of greater worth than any fort . Spade - excavated trenches ...
... called die Materielschlacht ( the Battle of Material ) . For also significant in military architecture was the mass - production of items which would make temporary fieldworks of greater worth than any fort . Spade - excavated trenches ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden