Siege Warfare The Fortress In The Early Modern World 1494-1660

Siege Warfare The Fortress In The Early Modern World 1494-1660
Siege Warfare The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660
In Siege Warfare Christopher Duffy sets the fortress at the center of history between 1494-1660 the time when gunpowder changed the shape of warfare. He explains and clarifies the elaborate calculations which lie behind fortress construction showing how the period was shaped in both its town planning and urban life by the art of fortress building. brThe narrative begins in Renaissance Italy considers the engineering of the Dutch and Spanish during the Eighty Years War and covers the state-of-the-art in Britain Scandinavia Muscovy and Turkey. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for military organization strategy geography law architectural values town life and symbolism making it the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period.br History - Military War Renaissance Military Science Military - Strategy Siege Warfare The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660

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