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Petrary (from Gr****
petra "stone") is a
generic term for
medieval stone-throwing
siege engines such as
mangonels and trebuchets, used to hurl
large rocks...
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fortifications such as
defensive walls, castles,
bunkers and
fortified gateways.
Petrary is the
generic term for
medieval stone throwing siege engines. "The Battering...
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Petrary weapons Catapult Hu Dun Pao
trebuchet Mangonel Onager Trebuchet Rocket...
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walls were
constantly pounded by the
siege engines, catapults, mangonels,
petraries, Gr**** fire, crossbows, and arrows. A
portion of the wall was mined, and...
- "after the top of the wall had been
somewhat weakened by
bombardment from
petraries, our
engineers succeeded with
great difficulty in
bringing a four-wheeled...
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example at the end of the 19th century,
Gustav Köhler
contended that the
petrary was a
traction trebuchet,
invented by Muslims,
whereas the
mangonel was...
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example at the end of the 19th century,
Gustav Köhler
contended that the
petrary was a
traction trebuchet,
invented by Muslims,
whereas the
mangonel was...
- bridges. The
siege train he had
moved down the Rhône on
barges contained petraries,
including trebuchets, and the
walls of
Avignon were
bombarded continuously...
