Archaeology of Conflicts

0542479 - HÚ 2022 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Andresová, Klára
How to build a redoubt? Instructions from military manuals of the Thirty Years’ War.
Archaeology of Conflicts. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2020 - (Drnovský, P.; Hejhal, P.), s. 83-98. ISBN 978-80-7465-469-5
Institutional support: RVO:67985963
Keywords : Thirty Years‘ War * Fortifications * Redoubts * Experimental Archaeology * Military Handbooks
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

The aim of the paper is to introduce the instructions related to the build-up of redoubts, which were published in fortification manuals from the time of the Thirty Years’ War and from a few preceding and following years. The reason for writing this text is the planned recreation of a redoubt near Rakovník in the spring of 2021, shortly after the 400th anniversary of the Battle of Rakovník was commemorated. The redoubt will be built in accordance with the theoretical knowledge of that time, using the authentic methods.
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