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Rhodes Besieged: A New History
Kelly De Vries
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Description for Rhodes Besieged: A New History
Paperback. This book uniquely uses the eyewitness accounts, surviving guns and extant walls to deconstruct the story of these two sieges in detail, and uses these events as a backdrop to explore the wider relationship between the development of gunpowder weapons and the fortifications built to defend against them. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
In 1480 the Ottoman Turkish army and artillery that had defeated the Byzantine Empire arrived on Rhodes to attack the walled headquarters of the Crusading military order, the Knights Hospitaller. After a siege of three months during which time the Turks bombarded the walls daily with gunpowder weapons they withdrew, defeated. In 1522 they returned and, after a six-month siege, captured Rhodes but were unable to defeat the Hospitallers who were allowed to leave with their lives, arms and religious emblems. This book uniquely uses the eyewitness accounts, surviving guns and extant walls to tell the ... Read more
In 1480 the Ottoman Turkish army and artillery that had defeated the Byzantine Empire arrived on Rhodes to attack the walled headquarters of the Crusading military order, the Knights Hospitaller. After a siege of three months during which time the Turks bombarded the walls daily with gunpowder weapons they withdrew, defeated. In 1522 they returned and, after a six-month siege, captured Rhodes but were unable to defeat the Hospitallers who were allowed to leave with their lives, arms and religious emblems. This book uniquely uses the eyewitness accounts, surviving guns and extant walls to tell the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752461786
SKU
V9780752461786
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About Kelly De Vries
Kelly Devries holds a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto and is a professor of history at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of Joan of Arc: A Military Leader. Robert Douglas Smith is a museum consultant.
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a very good account of these critical events.
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