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#kzoo2019 well @WestPoint_USMA were so anxious to talk, they just started on their own at 1328 sharp! Prof Rogers explains his cadets' "mission control center" or laboratory for #Military #History, working 8+ hrs/day on #medieval chronicles' paleography to #data mine 100yrs' war

Specifically looking for artillery information in skirmishes and sieges, to find what on the "laundry list" of sieges leads to #failure vs #success according to the #Database the cadets @WestPoint_USMA built collaboratively for the late #medieval & early #Renaissance. #kzoo2019

A small sample of the +90,000 #data entries - first up is Cadet Liam Kane with his findings on waging war by sieges vs by battles... taking #medieval #Military #History from generalizations to specifically-defined quantities... 47 battles to 134 sieges! #kzoo2019

Sieges by specific terms in the chronicles, broken down by type, to all sieges : all battles in which chroniclers of the 100 years' war used a #Military word. @WestPoint_USMA #kzoo2019 #DigitalHumanities

Now Cadet Zach Watters is #teaching about the #failure vs the #SuccessFactors in the Caroline, Edwardian, and Lancastrians phases of the war.

"RUN AWAY!" being guaranteed #Military #tactical #failure 😎

Adding some @WestPoint_USMA humor to the #Database #Analytics on #medieval #Military #history for #kzoo2019

The French succeeded more because they besieged more - and the #Database shows what worked best in each era. #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

Castles surrendered more quickly and on terms - roadblocks of professionals, to be negotiated out of the way - whereas towns had more to lose & tended to hold out for specific terms or specific timelines favoring the people. #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

Final findings from Cadet Watters: shortages and hopelessness caused nearly 3 in 5 surrenders.
#kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

Now Cadet Hicks is #teaching about the #Database #Construction & #Analytics, noting that his hometown's #football #defense focus @AlabamaFTBL aligns nicely with his findings: Aggressive defense caused a greater chance of loss #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

And that the quality of #defense had as much to do with the quality of the fortifications... until the last 1/3 of the war, when 15th-century #technology of gunpowder creates a greater fear of military action at all.
#kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

After 1415, the hope for and presence of a roving relief army was essential in actions lasting longer than 24 hours. More research coming soon! #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

Now Cadet Bernadino goes bravely into the breach, discussing whether his #DigitalHumanities #Database #Analytics support or undermine that ancient argument: Did #medieval gunpowder art'y cause an #evolution or a #Revolución? #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

First, let's look at sieges by decade, specifically at duration - the evolution and revolution are at left. #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

And breaking it down by the cause of #failure - why do unconditional surrenders spike after 1420? Not just plague, but there seems no single or brief cause. #kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

The #success rate, from a periodized perspective, ignoring the truce years, shows a spike - caused by gunpowder artillery? The data shows a correlation but not a causation. So the r/evolurion debate goes on
#kzoo2019 #medieval #Military #History @WestPoint_USMA

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