Published on 17 Jan 2017
This episode covers the various elements of castle fortification elements like towers, walls, moats, loopholes, gates, gatehouses, portcullises, battlements, hoardings, draw bridges, etc.
Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut.
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Kaufmann, J.E; Kaufmann, H.W.: The Medieval Fortress – Castles, Forts, and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages.
Piper, Otto: Burgenkunde. Bauwesen und Geschichte der Burgen.
Toy, Sidney: Castles – Their Construction and History
September 3, 2017
Medieval Castles – Elements of Fortifications
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