Contents: 1.) The decline of fortification from the 5th to the 9th centuries; 2.) The revival of military architecture from the 10th to the 12th centuries; 3.) The evolution and apogee of medieval castles in the 13th and 14th centuries; 4.) Transitional fortifications in the 15th and 16th centuries; 5.) European towns from the 12th to the 16th century.
Traces the history of weapons and warfare in the early, high or central, and late Middle Ages, covering the Germanic invaders, the feudal system, knights, the Hundred Years' War, and other topics.
