Knights in shining armor, charging each other in great pitched battles, that is the popular view of warfare in the Middle Ages. In reality, most medieval conflicts involved the attacking of castles, a

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In the year 1304, Edward Longshanks, more formally known as King Edward I of England, mounted the greatest siege of his reign against the Scots and their castle at Stirling. The attack dragged on. Imp

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Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.

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At the end of the 13th century, what was the effective range of an archer, and what was the effective range of a trebuchet. The historical reports differ.

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With the manuscript as a starting point, Wayne used a combination of engineering theory and trial and error to come up with a working model.

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But the throwing arm will be made from a more light-weight wood - Douglas fir. Wayne calculates that a tree trunk of at least 2 feet in diameter is needed to withstand the stresses of hurling 250-poun

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Renaud was left with no alternative but to hope that a couple of planks will be strong enough to splint the weakened throwing arm. Finally work starts on raising the great trestle s. With each passing

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Even with 12 timber framers pulling, the firing pin won't budge . It is quite normal that I mean the trigger first is stiff, we found that at home. It takes a lot of efforts which is as well as in som

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赖世雄旅游观光英语通教你学会观光旅游的各种对话、句子。 Old Town 旧城 After consulting their guidebook, Kathy and Evan decide to visit Old Town, the oldest section of Stockholm. 凯西和艾凡查阅旅游指南后,决定去

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为大家整理了2013年4月27日雅思阅读回忆速递,供考生们参考,以下是详细内容。 乐静老师雅思阅读快报: P1 rubber tfng6个,summary6个。发明发展史类 P2 odd and curious money.多选和matching P3 blind to ch

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...one, fire in the hole! Oh, yeah. Renaud’s optimism is justified. The missile falls just a few yards short of the wall and a bit to the right. The team decides to give it one more day. But the nex

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Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here. After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target. All we're doing is shift

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Come and take a look at the rocks over here. It just pulverize d the stone on the inside. It confirmed what we came here to prove, didn't it? We had a lovely hit smacking in the middle and it smashed

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In terms of the kind of dialogue that existed between attack and defense, it is very clear now to me that the appearance of trebuchet on the scene shifted that balance radically in favor of attack. It

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Why is winter coming? Why does Jon Snow know nothing? And why is Littlefinger called Littlefinger? 为什么凛冬将至?为什么琼恩雪诺什么都不知道?为什么小指头被叫做小指头? If you're completely obsessed with all things

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What is the best country to visit during Christmas? 圣诞节的时候最适合去哪个国家? 获得6好评的答案@Marion Rosner Coming from the northern hemisphere, I thought that Christmas in summer in my new home of New Zealand would be real

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Chapter 35 The Mediaeval city 第三十五章 中世纪的城市 Why the people of the middle ages said that city air is free air 为什么中世纪的人们会说,城市的空气是充满自由的空气。 The early part of the Middle Ages had bee

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Oxford 牛津 Dreaming cranes 梦中的吊车 It is the biggest construction boom since the Middle Ages 这是中世纪以来最大的建造活动 IN HIS book Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson, an American author, took exception to some of Oxfor

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本文为大家准备了GRE词根词汇:ev,便于考生GRE备考。 ev = age 年龄,寿命,时代,时期 471. longevity〔 long 长,ev 年龄,寿命,-ity 名词后缀」长寿,长命472. longevous〔 long 长, ev 寿命,-ous 形容

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So, you're going to the museum, and it's great. 你去参观一座博物馆,而且它超赞的。 The guards check your bag to make sure you won't, I don't know, shoot a painting. 守卫检查你的包包以防你开枪射一幅画之类的。 You

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