Indian Castles 1206–1526, 

Автор: David Nicolle
Название: Medieval Siege Weapons (2)
ISBN: 1841764590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841764597
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 12860.00 T
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Описание: The medieval period was probably the most varied in military history when it came to the development of non-gunpowder military machines. One reason for this was the bringing together of several pre-existing military-technological traditions from the ancient Graeco-Roman World, Persia, India and China. Three civilizations were primarily responsible for the ease with which such technologies were brought together and combined: the Late-Roman or Byzantine Empire; the Islamic World; and the Mongol "World Empire".

This work looks at the stone throwing machines that used assorted sources of power from torsion "energy storage" systems, to manpowered sling devices, counterbalance sling devices and rockets.

Автор: Tamas Palosfalvi
Название: From Nicopolis to Mohacs: A History of Ottoman-Hungarian Warfare, 1389-1526
ISBN: 9004365842 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004365841
Издательство: Brill
Цена: 179310.00 T
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Описание: In From Nicopolis to Mohacs, Tamas Palosfalvi offers an account of Ottoman-Hungarian warfare from its start in the late fourteenth century to the battle of Mohacs in 1526. During this period of one century and a half, the Kingdom of Hungary was the most constant and strongest rival of the expanding Ottoman Empire in Europe, and as such waged constant warfare in defence of its borders.Based on the extensive use of hitherto unexplored source material, Palosfalvi not only offers a sound chronology of military events, but also a description of Hungarian military structures and their transformation under constant Ottoman pressure, as well as an analysis of the reasons that lay behind the military breakdown of Hungary in the third decade of the sixteenth century.