Unlock how sieges bent walls and wills through patience, logistics, and negotiation in medieval England.
Some medieval sieges relied on rats to gnaw through wooden palisades, accelerating breaches during starvation-driven assaults.
Besieging armies sometimes used hot air balloons-like fire-laden wicker towers to drop flaming debris onto defenders.
Castle kitchens produced more heat than many town hearths, inadvertently cooking siege rations while cooking brains of defenders.
Writes claim sieges halted for religious holidays, but records show continuous cannon-like ballistae and trebuchet ammo production year-round.
Unlock how sieges bent walls and wills through patience, logistics, and negotiation in medieval England.
Some medieval sieges relied on rats to gnaw through wooden palisades, accelerating breaches during starvation-driven assaults.
Besieging armies sometimes used hot air balloons-like fire-laden wicker towers to drop flaming debris onto defenders.
Castle kitchens produced more heat than many town hearths, inadvertently cooking siege rations while cooking brains of defenders.
Writes claim sieges halted for religious holidays, but records show continuous cannon-like ballistae and trebuchet ammo production year-round.
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