The Bowmen Of England
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Bowmen Of England
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Author : Donald Featherstone
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2011-12-13
Bowmen Of England written by Donald Featherstone and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-13 with History categories.
The centuries-long history of the legendary and deadly English longbow is explored and explained in a “classic work . . . an engaging, enjoyable read” (De Re Military). From the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, the longbow was the weapon that changed European history more than any other. In the skilled hands of English and Welsh archers it revolutionized all the medieval concepts and traditions of war. It was the winning factor in every major battle from Morlaix in 1342 to Patay in 1429. This well-researched study of the English longbow from its early development until the Wars of the Roses offers fascinating insight into a game-changing tool of warfare and the men who wielded it in an age of courage, vitality, and endurance—culminating in an enthralling reconstruction of the engagement in which it was last used: in 1940 France at the outbreak of World War II.
The Bowmen Of England
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Author : Donald F. Featherstone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
The Bowmen Of England written by Donald F. Featherstone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Archery categories.
Archery In Medieval England
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Author : Richard Wadge
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-02-29
Archery In Medieval England written by Richard Wadge and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with History categories.
Archery in Medieval England is an account of how archery developed amongst ordinary people in England and Wales after the Norman Conquest. In the 300 years after that traumatic event, Englishmen became such skilled archers that they could defeat the most heavily armoured noble knights in battle after battle – feats of arms unequalled by the combatants of any other European country. Here Richard Wadge describes how men used bows and arrows in their everyday lives in the centuries between the arrival of the Normans and the start of the 100 Years War in Edward III's reign. Many contemporary records provide accounts of the illegal use of bows and arrows: unlawful hunting is shown to have been particularly important as a school for the development of battle- winning archery skills. In the process of investigating these accounts, light is shed on the background to the stories of Robin Hood and other outlaws. Evidence from archaeology, manuscript illustrations, church wall paintings and carvings provides an insight into the actual bows and arrows and their use. Richard Wadge shows how the archer came to symbolise the spirit of the ordinary Englishman, how he became a forerunner of John Bull and how he remains part of the national identity even today.
Arrowstorm
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Author : Richard Wadge
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2009-03-10
Arrowstorm written by Richard Wadge and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-10 with History categories.
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. Uniquely, Wadge looks at the economics behind the supply of longbows to the English army and the social history of the military archer. Crucially, what were the advantages of joining the first professional standing army in England since the days of the Roman conquest? Was it the pay, the booty, or the glory? With its painstaking analysis of contemporary records, Arrowstorm paints a vivid portrait of the life of a professional soldier in the war which forged the English national consciousness.
For Maytenance Of Archers
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Author : E. T. Fox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-07
For Maytenance Of Archers written by E. T. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-07 with categories.
For more than three centuries the longbow was the dominant weapon in English military thinking, and England's archers were a force to be reckoned with on battlefields across Europe. From the famous battles of Crecy and Agincourt to forgotten skirmishes in Norfolk no serious fight was complete without the hum of the bow string. The study of the history of English archery could not be complete without reference to the vast bank of primary sources, documents written in the medieval and Tudor periods, which speak of the lives of the archers, their equipment, conditions, pay, and experiences. This book contains transcripts of 51 primary sources including, for the first time, all 23 parliamentary statutes relating to archery and the manufacture of bows and arrows passed between 1285 and 1571, miscellaneous primary sources from letters, household accounts, and medieval chronicles, and three extracts from larger sixteenth-century works arguing over the supremacy of guns or bows at a time when the military use of the bow was in terminal decline. Together these sources offer a glimpse into archers and archery during the Hundred Years' War, the Wars of the Roses, and the Tudor campaigns. Dr E.T. Fox is an historian and author of books on a variety of historical topics, as well as a keen archer.
With A Bended Bow
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Author : Erik Roth
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
With A Bended Bow written by Erik Roth and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
In With a Bended Bow Erik Roth presents a comprehensive examination of the archer and his weapon in a time when archery was both economically and militarily vital to the security of England, based on the study of mediaeval writings and period artefacts. As an accomplished artist, his illustrations are an invaluable aid to understanding the manufacture and use of the bow. The book examines the types of weapons and kit produced by guildsmen, the materials used and the work of different specialists including bowyers, fletchers and stringers. It also details the life of the archer himself, how he cared for his equipment, learned to shoot and fought for his country on the battlefields of Scotland and France. With a Bended Bow gives an exceptional insight into the tools, training and fighting techniques of the soldier who defined mediaeval warfare.
The British Archer Or Tracts On Archery
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Author : Thomas Hastings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1831
The British Archer Or Tracts On Archery written by Thomas Hastings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1831 with Archery categories.
Archery In Medieval England
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Author : Richard Wadge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Archery In Medieval England written by Richard Wadge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Archers categories.
The Archer S Complete Guide
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Author : Peck & Snyder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Archer S Complete Guide written by Peck & Snyder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Archery categories.
The Angels Of Mons
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Author : Arthur Machen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-03
The Angels Of Mons written by Arthur Machen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-03 with categories.
Of all the memorable tales to emerge from World War I, the most remarkable one is untrue. The Angels of Mons is a legend that evolved from one writer's skillful ability to weave ghostly stories. This particularly tale gripped a nation badly in need of hope. For some, fiction became reality.In September 1914, two months after the outbreak of the Great War, Welsh journalist and author Arthur Machen published a short story called The Bowmen in the London Evening News. It describes how phantom archers from the Battle of Agincourt had come to the rescue of British soldiers fighting against the Germans in the Battle of Mons a month earlier.The story was not labeled as fiction and the author soon became to receive enquiries from readers asking for verification of these ghostly archers, who had apparently been summoned by Saint George, the patron saint of England.It appears Machen had no desire to create a hoax, but that the British public, just starting to grasp the full horrors of World War One's mechanized warfare and its heavy death toll, was ready to believe that a ghostly miracle had occurred in France.