Arrowstorm - The World of the Archer in the Hundred Years War
Richard Wadge
This book chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy of heavy cavalry, the longbow forced a wholesale reassessment of battlefield tactics. Richard Wadge explains what made England's longbow archers so devastating, detailing the process by which their formidable armament was manufactured and the conditions that produced men capable of continually drawing a bow under a tension of 100 pounds.
Format 16 x 24 cm; 304 Seiten, Paperback, 27 Abbildungen,
englischer Text, Best.-Nr. Tp024
