Françoise Bériac(-Lainé) et Claire Hanusse
La construction d’une batterie de machines de guerre à Bordeaux en 1324/5
(article published in French in Bergerac et le Bergeracois, Congrès de la Fédération Historique du Sud-Ouest tenu à Bergerac en 1990 (Bordeaux, 1992), pp. 165-203)
A detailed account dating from the war of Saint-Sardos (1324-5) written by the English clerk William de Martley (Guillaume de Martheleye) informs us about the building of siege engines/war machines at Bordeaux by English engineers (ingeniatores) and craftsmen. This work was in response to the impending danger embodied by the French armies, and these throwing machines were intended to defend Bordeaux against a possible attack on its port.
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