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Product Identifiers
PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.
ISBN-100752461788
ISBN-139780752461786
eBay Product ID (ePID)112083829
Product Key Features
Book TitleBesieged Rhodes : a New History
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicAncient / General, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Military / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRobert Douglas Smith, Kelly Devries
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal949.587
SynopsisIn 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 story of these two sieges, and the efforts made by the Hospitallers to adapt their fortifications and artillery to defy the most powerful military power in the world. In doing so it rewrites the history of fortifications and gunpowder artillery during the Renaissance., Retelling the historic sieges of Rhodes through the eyes of the soldiers, this study challenges and revises current thinking on siege warfare and the use of the cannon Using eyewitness accounts, surviving guns, and extant walls, this book uniquely details the story of two famous sieges, and the efforts made by the Hospitallers to adapt their fortifications and artillery to defy the most powerful military power in the world. In doing so it rewrites the history of fortifications and gunpowder artillery during the Renaissance. 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.
LC Classification NumberDF901.R4
