Orban
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Medieval inventor, iron founder, and engineer
For other uses, see
Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.
collection.
Orban was
German[5] ancestry. Alternative theories suggest he had Wallachian[6][7] roots. Laonikos Chalkokondyles used the term Dacian to describe him.[8][9]
He had offered his services to the
oxen dragged it to Constantinople. Orban also produced other, smaller cannons used by the Turkish siege forces.[10]
Bombarding technology similar to Orban's had first been developed for the Hungarian Army. It rose in popularity during the early 1400s all over western Europe, transforming siege warfare.[11][12] Examples of pieces similar to Orban's productions like the Faule Mette, Dulle Griet, Mons Meg and the Pumhart von Steyr are still extant from the period. Orban, along with an entire crew, was probably killed during the siege when one of his cannons exploded, which was not an unusual occurrence during that time.[13]
References
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- ISBN 9780195334036. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1893). Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey. C.L. Webster & Company. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
orban wallachian.
- ISBN 9780761851349. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
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- ISBN 9781409410645. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ Runciman 1990, pp. 77–78
- ^ Schmidtchen 1977a, pp. 153–157
- ^ Schmidtchen 1977b, p. 226
- ^ Schmidtchen 1977b, p. 237, Fn. 121
Sources
- ISBN 1-84176-091-9
- ISBN 978-0-521-39832-9
- Schmidtchen, Volker (1977a), "Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit", Technikgeschichte, 44 (2): 153–173
- Schmidtchen, Volker (1977b), "Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit", Technikgeschichte, 44 (3): 213–237
- Crowley, Roger (2006), In Our Time: Constantinople Siege and Fall
- Vékony, Gábor (2000). Dacians, Romans, Romanians. Matthias Corvinus Publishing. ISBN 1-882785-13-4.
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