Medieval siege and siegecraft

Acknowledgments

List of Plates

Introduction: Siegecraft: The Basis of Medieval Warfare

Chapter 1. Fortified Towns and Cities

Chapter 2. Strong Points in a Landscape

Chapter 3. Castles and Fortifications: Designers, Builders and Developments

Chapter 4. Machines of War

Chapter 5. Fire Hazard

Chapter 6. Artillery

Chapter 7. Attack and Defense

Chapter 8. Logistics

Chapter 9. War Games, Psychology and Morale

Chapter 10. Women at War

Chapter 11. Rules of Engagement

Chapter 12. The Horrors of Total War

Appendix: Vegelius, the Medieval Textbook of Warfare

Glossary of Technical Terms

Notes on the Sources

Bibliography

Index