{"id":55063,"date":"2020-02-17T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=55063"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:57:41","slug":"sieges-and-siege-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/17\/sieges-and-siege-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Sieges and Siege-craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iq1EHbWTbFU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lindybeige<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Jun 2016<\/p>\n<p>Sieges in the ancient and medieval worlds were on quite different scales. 10,000 men can do things differently from 500.<\/p>\n<p>Support me on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video&#8217;s subject was chosen by Jack Sargeant, the winner of the DeepArt art competition a couple of weeks ago. The topic is a large one, but I hope I gave it a decent enough shot.<\/p>\n<p>Castle illustration by Mathew Nielsen.<\/p>\n<p>Buy the music &#8211; the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Flindybeige.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fthe-mandeville-march&#038;redir_token=FtCfeLL5mZrOu2Du_378glFGNDN8MTU4MTk3NTk3MkAxNTgxODg5NTcy&#038;v=iq1EHbWTbFU&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lindybeige.bandcamp.com\/track&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc Follow me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige<\/a> I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads.<\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-17-Sieges-and-Siege-craft.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindybeige Published 2 Jun 2016 Sieges in the ancient and medieval worlds were on quite different scales. 10,000 men can do things differently from 500. Support me on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige This video&#8217;s subject was chosen by Jack Sargeant, the winner of the DeepArt art competition a couple of weeks ago. 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