Cover illustration:
Tece file:
Looking northeast at the interior lower level of the small castle of Tece. ©Photograph by Dweezil Vandekerckhove.
P1030397 file:
Looking northeast at the inner bailey of Yilan Kalesi, Turkish for “Snake Castle,” most likely the best preserved Armenian castle in Cilicia. ©Photograph by Dweezil Vandekerckhove.
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Names: Vandekerckhove, Dweezil, author.
Title: Medieval fortifications in Cilicia : the Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages / by Dweezil Vandekerckhove.
Other titles: Armenian contribution to military architecture in the Middle Ages
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: History of warfare, 1385–7827 ; v.128 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019041358 (print) | LCCN 2019041359 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004400085 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004417410 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fortification--Turkey--Cilicia--History. | Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500–1500. | Turkey--Antiquities. | Cilicia--Antiquities. | Architecture, Armenian. | Cilicia--History--Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375.
Classification: LCC UG432.C64 V36 2020 (print) | LCC UG432.C64 (ebook) | DDC 623/.1095640902--dc23
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