Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 110
y far from numerous. It therefore became necessary for thebesieger to protect his approaches by wooden, earthen, or even stone works,constructed under cover of the night, and solid and lofty enough to enablehis archers to aim right on to the battlements of the besieged place.Wooden towers, several… … Fig. 60.—Siege of a Town: Summons to lay down the arms and open the gates.—From aCopperplate in the Kreigshuch of Fronsperger. At the siege of Toulouse, in 1218, a machine of this kind was built by theorder of Simon de Montfort, capable of accommodating, according to theballad of the Albigeois,…
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