Profusely illustrated discussions offer details of dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges, along with uses of artillery, trenches, battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. "Will enthrall anyone interested in architecture, military, or medieval history. It is equally accessible to scholars as it is to the general reader." — History in Review.
Unabridged republication of An Essay on the Military Architecture of the Middle Ages, published by J. H. and J. Parker, Oxford and London, 1860.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
Castles: Their Construction and History by Sidney Toy Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, many other features. Caernarvon, Dover castles, Hadrian's Wall, Tower of London, more. 199 black-and-white illustrations.
Castles of the Western World: With 240 Illustrations by Armin Tuulse Exhaustive, painstakingly researched study of more than 200 ancient structures — from temples, palaces, and walls of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to lavish palaces built in Italy, France, England, Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia.
The English Castle : An Account of Its Development as a Military Structure by A. Hamilton Thompson This evocative survey traces the rise of fortresses across England and Wales, with 200 photographs, drawings, and plans. Sites include York Castle, Conway Castle, Dover Castle, and Kenilworth Castle.
Annals of a Fortress: Twenty-two Centuries of Siege Warfare by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Benjamin Bucknall Written by a famous architect and military engineer, this chronicle of 2,000 years in the life of a fictional castle combines a novel's excitement with the authenticity of a historical document.
Chronicles of the Crusades by Geoffrey Villehardouin, Jean de Joinville, Sir Frank Marzials The two most authoritative accounts of the Holy Wars — Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople and Joinville's Chronicle of the Crusade of St. Lewis — offer firsthand testimony of battles and their religious and political context.
