Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Part I National discourse and the study of the Crusades
- Part II Crusader studies between colonialist and post-colonialist discourse
- Part III Geography of fear and the spatial distribution of Frankish castles
- Part IV The castle as dialogue between siege tactics and defence strategy
- 12 Siege and defence of castles during the First Crusade
- 13 Frankish siege tactics
- 14 Development of Muslim siege tactics
- 15 The appearance of the concentric castles
- 16 The construction of a frontier castle: the case of Vadum Iacob
- 17 The last years of the Latin Kingdom: a new balance of power
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
15 - The appearance of the concentric castles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Part I National discourse and the study of the Crusades
- Part II Crusader studies between colonialist and post-colonialist discourse
- Part III Geography of fear and the spatial distribution of Frankish castles
- Part IV The castle as dialogue between siege tactics and defence strategy
- 12 Siege and defence of castles during the First Crusade
- 13 Frankish siege tactics
- 14 Development of Muslim siege tactics
- 15 The appearance of the concentric castles
- 16 The construction of a frontier castle: the case of Vadum Iacob
- 17 The last years of the Latin Kingdom: a new balance of power
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Crusader Castles and Modern Histories , pp. 231 - 257Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007