Table of Contents

Preface
The Age of the Mongol Conquests
Attack and Defence in the late Thirteenth Century [ca.1260-1320]
The Fourteenth Century: seige warfare at the start of a new age
The Age of Timur "the world conqueror": the fourteenth century in the East
The early Fifteenth Century: changing times
The late Fifteenth Century 1: Britain, France, Central Europe and the Balkans
The late Fifteenth Century 2: A time of transition?
New weapons and new defences
Glossary
Bibliography

Reviews

Peter Purton proves a reliable and entertaining guide during our journey through siege warfare in the Middle Ages.
*MEDIEVAL WARFARE*

Purton's major contribution, and it is a contribution of considerable significance, is to provide a great many hundreds of references to and discussions of sieges that took place throughout the Middle Ages not only in Europe and the Middle East, but also in central Asia, China, and South Asia.
*CITHARA*

A lasting and valuable addition to fortification studies. It is perhaps the definitive work on a feature of medieval warfare which was paramount all through that age. [...] This is a most stimulating book and scholarship apart, a rattling good read. The publishers are to be congratulated on a fine presentation.
*CASEMATE*