QotD: Fortified towns in the Middle Ages

The main difference in defending a town rather than a single fortified private residence is the area that needs to be defended: the town core is naturally much larger than the size of a single keep or bailey and so the circuit of walls surrounding it also needs to be much longer. That longer circuit, […] Related posts: QotD: Roman legionary fortified camps QotD: The shift from “motte-and-bailey”…