Medieval Sieges

Fiery arrows fly through the sky, trying to hit the large wooden sculpture and the men wielding it. "Fire" yelled a man from inside the castle, hundreds of arrows flew, the only sound was the screams of the hit men, their skin aflame their flesh bleeding and burning. The wooden sculpture through a large stone into the castle wall. The stone crumbled and many men fell from their posts on the wall into the sharp, …

…trebuchet would set on fire and would no longer be of use to the attackers and no longer be of threat to the ones in the castle. As you can clearly see the trebuchet was a very important part of the middle ages. The trebuchet was not the only siege weapon though, there were others like the catapult. However the trebuchet was widely used and very effective, which makes the trebuchet a great siege weapon.