ISBN: 9781472817624

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, ye… More...

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labour of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into the French and their allies.This study examines three battles Sluys (1340), Cr cy (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-colour 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.; EPUB; Biography > True stories > True war & combat stories, Bloomsbury Publishing<

ISBN: 9781472817624

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, ye… More...

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labour of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into the French and their allies.This study examines three battles Sluys (1340), Cr cy (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-colour 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.; PDF; Biography > True stories > True war & combat stories, Bloomsbury Publishing<

2017, ISBN: 9781472817624

Hundred Years War 1337 60, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brab… More...

Hundred Years War 1337 60, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labour of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into the French and their allies.This study examines three battles Sluys (1340), Cr cy (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-colour 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. [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing], Seiten: 80, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017<

2017, ISBN: 9781472817624

Hundred Years War 1337 60, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing], Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

2017, ISBN: 9781472817624

Hundred Years War 1337 60, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing]