Название: Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages.
Illustrated by 200 Photographs, Drawings, and Plans
Автор: Alexander Hamilton Thompson
Издательство: Henry Erowde, Oxford University Press
Год: 1912
Страниц: 380 (complete, except without the white pages)
Язык: English
Формат: PDF HQ
Размер: 257 МВ
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In the late 12th and early 13th centuries, a scientific approach to castle defence emerged. This led to the proliferation of towers, with an emphasis on flanking fire. Many new castles were polygonal or relied on concentric defence – several stages of defence within each other that could all function at the same time to maximise the castle's firepower. These changes in defence have been attributed to a mixture of castle technology from the Crusades, such as concentric fortification, and inspiration from earlier defences such as Roman forts.
