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Medieval siege [videorecording] / a NOVA production by the WGBH in association with Channel Four and La Cinqieme.

Barnes, Michael. (Added Author). Keach, Stacy. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). Cinquième (Firm) (Added Author). Channel Four (Great Britain) (Added Author). WGBH Video (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

As in other episodes of the series, archaelogists and engineers attempt to duplicate ancient solutions to engineering problems. In this case, the problem is building and learning to use a war machine called a trebuchet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1593751966 :
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
  • Publisher: South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000 ;

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast as a segment of television program Nova.
Series on container: Secrets of lost empires II.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Writer, producer, director, Michael Barnes ; narrator, Stacy Keach.
Subject: Sieges.
Castles.
Engines of war > Scotland.
Structural engineering > History.
Military art and science > History.
Architecture, Ancient.
Scotland > Antiquities.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Pouce Coupe Public Library.

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