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Crécy 1346

Crécy 1346

Triumph of the longbow

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  • Release Date: 15/06/2000
  • Barcode: 9781855329669
  • Genre: Society & Culture
  • Sub-Genre: Politics & Government
  • Imprint: Osprey Publishing
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Crécy 1346

Crécy 1346

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Triumph of the longbow
The Battle of Crecy was the first major battle of the Hundred Years War. The English army triumphed despite being outnumbered and it established the reputation of the longbow as a fearsome weapon. This volume details the events of the campaign with notes on the battlefield as it is today.

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.



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  • Contributor: Graham Turner (Illustrated by)
  • Illustrator: Graham Turner
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