The Medieval Archer
Book description
It is a delight to read a book which recognises the importance of warfare in medieval times...also...discusses the changing role of the archer in medieval society. SIR STEVEN RUNCIMAN
This book traces the historyof the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses.…
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The controversial topic of the English longbow continues to haunt medieval warfare studies today. I was delighted to read this robust book which convinced me with its clear argument that the “long” bow was not itself a revolutionary new weapon of the later Middle Ages, but a bow that had evolved over time and which had always been significant in medieval warfare. Throughout there are lots of absorbing accounts of battles.
From Sean's list on medieval warfare (if you love knights and castles).
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