Emmanuel de Crouy-Chanel (Author)
Presses universitaires François-Rabelais de Tours
Edition Details: Book Series: Renaissance (Tours, France)
Physical Details: 491
Language: French
En deux siècles, du début de la guerre de Cent ans jusqu'aux guerres d'Italie, le canon transforme radicalement l'art militaire et change le cours de l'histoire des États européens. Des premiers tonnoires, tout juste bons à projeter des traits incendiaires, jusqu'aux canons de batteries à boulet de fer, pulvérisant en quelques heures des murs de plusieurs mètres d'épaisseur, l'histoire du canon au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance est riche, variée, bien loin de l'image d'Épinal des bombardes démesurées et inefficaces. Renouvelant l'histoire de l'artillerie médiévale, cet ouvrage identifie les étapes de cette évolution, démêle les pièges d'un vocabulaire foisonnant (qui n'est pas le même, par exemple, pour l'artillerie royale française et l'artillerie ducale bourguignonne), montre l'impact de la nouvelle arme sur la guerre de siège, la guerre en campagne et la guerre sur mer. Cette clarification sera précieuse aux historiens de l'architecture, cherchant à comprendre l'évolution de la fortification de transition, aux historiens de l'État, voulant mesurer l'enjeu de la nouvelle arme pour les structures administratives des États modernes en cours de constitution, et, de manière générale, pour tous les passionnés d'histoire du Moyen Âge ou de la Renaissance. (Page 4, introduction) (In two centuries, from the beginning of the Hundred Years' War to the Italian Wars, the cannon radically transformed the military art and changed the course of the history of European states. From the first thunderbolts, just good at projecting incendiary dashes, to the cannons of iron ball batteries, pulverizing in a few hours walls several meters thick, the history of the cannon in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is rich and varied, far from the epinal image of disproportionate and ineffective bombards. Renewing the history of medieval artillery, this book identifies the stages of this evolution, untangles the pitfalls of an abundant vocabulary (which is not the same, for example, for French royal artillery and Burgundian ducal artillery), and shows the impact of the new weapon on siege warfare, field warfare, and war at sea. This clarification will be invaluable to architectural historians seeking to understand the evolution of transitional fortification, to historians of the State wishing to measure the impact of the new weapon on the administrative structures of the modern States in the process of being constituted, and, in general, to all those who are passionate about the history of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance.)
...MoreReview Danielle Arribet-Deroin (April 2022) Review of "Le canon : Moyen Age Renaissance; (Cannon from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance)". Technology and Culture (pp. 565-566).
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