Vauban, Builder of Fortresses
Author : Daniel Halévy
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,75 MB
Release : 1925
Category :
ISBN :
Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV
Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0786456981
Book Description
A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. This book tells the complete story of Vauban's exceptional career, placing him within the framework of Louis XIV's reign and revealing his lasting influences in France and other nations. With the aid of numerous detailed drawings, 17th century bastioned fortification, artillery, and seige warfare are described in detail. Vauban's fortifications that are still standing today are particularly highlighted.
The Vauban Fortifications of France
Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849080410
Book Description
Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, of any nationality. In all three of those fields he was a significant innovator and prolific exponent, having planned approximately 160 major defensive projects and directed over 50 sieges. This book provides not only a modern listing of his varied interventions and their fates, but also a wide-ranging discussion of just how and why they pushed forward the international boundaries of the arts of fortification.
Conserving the Enlightenment
Author : Jānis Langins
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262122580
Book Description
A study of French military engineers at a crucial point in the evolution of modern engineering.
French Fortifications, 1715-1815
Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 29,75 MB
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0786458070
Book Description
This book describes and illustrates French fortifications from 1715 (the death of Louis XIV) to 1815 (the fall of Napoleon), focusing particularly on the Napoleonic era. After an historical background, it covers the heritage of the Ancien Regime with the important contributions of Vauban (the bastioned defense), Gribeauval's reforms in artillery, and Montalembert's innovations. Chapters explore the style of Napoleonic fortifications, siege warfare, artillery and engineering corps, as well as the Napoleonic achievements in France, Italy, German and the Netherlands, including projects that were planned but never completed.
The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600–1763
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472803183
Book Description
'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America. This title takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), and Vincennes. These forts were of two types: the major stone forts, and other forts made of wood and earth, all of which varied widely in style from Vauban-type elements to cabins surrounded by a stockade. Some forts, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest incarnations. René Chartrand examines the different types of forts built by the French, describing the strategic vision that led to their construction, their impact upon the British colonies and the Indian nations of the interior, and the French military technology that went into their construction.
Fighting Terror after Napoleon
Author : Beatrice de Graaf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1108842062
Book Description
Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders.
A Manual of Siegecraft and Fortification
Author : Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Publisher : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,63 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Book Description
Engelsk oversættelse 1968 ved G.A. Rothrock af Vaubans i 1669 på Krigsminister Louvois opfordring skrevne værk "Mémoire sur la Conduite des Sièges" som første gang tryktes i Leiden 1740 under titlen "Mémoire pour servir d'Instruction dans la Conduite des Siéges et dans la Défense des Places"--Se yderligere under denne udgave.
The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vauban ... with an Explication of All Terms Appertaining to that Art: Made English. [A Translation by Abel Swall of “Manière de Fortifier de Mr. de Vauban,” by the Chevalier de Cambray. With Plates.]
Author : Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 1691
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
French Fortresses in North America 1535–1763
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849080267
Book Description
Following the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, European colonists brought their system of fortification to the New World in an attempt to ensure their safety and consolidate their conquests. French and British explorers came later to North America, and thus the establishment of their sizeable settlements only got under way during the 17th century. The inhabitants of New France built elaborate fortifications to protect their towns and cities. This book provides a detailed examination of the defenses of four of them: Québec, Montréal and Louisbourg in Canada, and New Orleans in Louisiana.
