Author: Donald Featherstone Publisher: Grub Street Publishers ISBN: 1781599483 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
The centuries-long history of the legendary and deadly English longbow is explored and explained in a “classic work . . . an engaging, enjoyable read” (De Re Military). From the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, the longbow was the weapon that changed European history more than any other. In the skilled hands of English and Welsh archers it revolutionized all the medieval concepts and traditions of war. It was the winning factor in every major battle from Morlaix in 1342 to Patay in 1429. This well-researched study of the English longbow from its early development until the Wars of the Roses offers fascinating insight into a game-changing tool of warfare and the men who wielded it in an age of courage, vitality, and endurance—culminating in an enthralling reconstruction of the engagement in which it was last used: in 1940 France at the outbreak of World War II.
Author: Richard Wadge Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752483579 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? The archer in medieval England became a forerunner of John Bull as a symbol of the spirit of the ordinary Englishman. He had his own popular literature that left us a romantic version of the lives and activities of outlaws and poachers such as Robin Hood. This remarkable development began 150 years after the traumatic events of the Norman Conquest transformed the English way of life, in ways that were almost never to the benefit of the English. This book is the first account of the way ordinary men used bows and arrows in their day-to-day lives, and the way that their skills became recognised by the kings of England as invaluable in warfare.
Author: Everest Media, Publisher: Everest Media LLC ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 27
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The English longbowman of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and early fifteenth centuries was capable of destroying ranks of enemy soldiers with a simple bow. The Scots were no match for the laconic English bowman. #2 The English longbowman was capable of destroying ranks of enemy soldiers with a simple bow. The Scots were no match for the laconic English bowman. #3 The English longbowman was capable of destroying ranks of enemy soldiers with a simple bow. The Scots were no match for the laconic English bowman. #4 The English longbowman was capable of destroying ranks of enemy soldiers with a simple bow. The Scots were no match for the laconic English bowman.
Author: Mike Loades Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782000879 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 189
Book Description
An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.
Author: Mike Loades Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472825527 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 314
Book Description
War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds. Historical weapons expert Mike Loades reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons that changed the nature of warfare. Complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient arms.
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