This study examines three battles: Sluys (1340), Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), and shows how the use of the longbow allowed England's armies to inflict crushing defeats on numerically superior forces. The longbow changed the shape of war, becoming the defining weapon of the age and wreaking havoc upon the French armies that would face it. Featuring full-color artwork, this is the engrossing story of the first clashes between the English longbowmen and the crossbowmen of the French king on the bloody battlefields of the Hundred Years' War.
This study examines three battles: Sluys (1340), Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), and shows how the use of the longbow allowed England's armies to inflict crushing defeats on numerically superior forces. The longbow changed the shape of war, becoming the defining weapon of the age and wreaking havoc upon the French armies that would face it. Featuring full-color artwork, this is the engrossing story of the first clashes between the English longbowmen and the crossbowmen of the French king on the bloody battlefields of the Hundred Years' War.
Longbowman vs Crossbowman: Hundred Years' War 1337-60
80Longbowman vs Crossbowman: Hundred Years' War 1337-60
80Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781472817617 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
Publication date: | 05/23/2017 |
Series: | Combat |
Pages: | 80 |
Product dimensions: | 7.10(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.30(d) |