The longbow
Loades, Mike2013
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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. This book deals with this topic. 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 Crcy 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.
Main title:
The longbow / Mike Loades ; [illustrator] Peter Dennis.
Author:
Loades, Mike, authorDennis, Peter, 1950-, illustrator
Imprint:
Botley, Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
80 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Weapon ; 30.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.Also published electronically.
Contents:
Introduction /Development /Use /Impact /Conclusion /Select Bibliography /Index
ISBN:
9781782000853 (print)
Dewey class:
355.8241
Language:
English
Subject:
Longbows -- HistoryLongbows -- England -- HistoryArchers -- England -- HistoryMilitary art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500Warfare and DefenceWarfare & defenceHistoryMilitary historyWeapons & equipmentOrdnance, weapons technologyMilitaria, arms & armour"European history: medieval period, middle ages"ArcheryEuropeGreat Britain -- History, Military -- 1066-1485
BRN:
1271849