Crécy 1346
Triumph of the longbow
Paperback Engels 2000 9781855329669Samenvatting
An illustrated, detailed account of the Battle of Crécy, the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War.
It pitted the French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation; this was the battle where he 'won his spurs'. The Genoese crossbowmen were outshot by the English longbows and the pattern was set for the rest of the day: the French cavalry were committed piecemeal in fruitless charges against strong English positions, losing perhaps 10,000 men in the course of the fighting.
This books demonstrated how, after almost a millennium in which cavalry had dominated the field of battle, the infantryman, and particularly the longbowman, now ruled supreme.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
Normandy
The Trap Closes
Crossbow versus Longbow
The Arrow Storm
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Chronology
Guide to Further Reading
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