The Medieval Archer - Hardcover

BRADBURY, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851151949 ISBN 13: 9780851151946

Publisher: The Boydell Press, 1985

Synopsis

`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 history of the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. From a close study of early evidence, Mr Bradbury shows that the archer's role before the time of Edward I was an important but rarely documentedone, and that his new prominence in the fourteenth century was the result of changes in development of military tactics rather than the introduction of the famous `longbow'.
A second thread of the book examines the archer'srole in society, with particular reference to that most famous of all archers, Robin Hood. The final chapters look at the archer in the early fifteenth century and then chronicle the rise of the handgun as the major infantry weapon at the bow's expense.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This history of the archer in the middle ages, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses, opens with a definition of the differing kinds of bows in use, and challenges the usual assumption that the 'longbow' was a new and devastating weapon adopted by English armies from the late thirteenth century onwards.

About the Author:

JIM BRADBURY writes and lectures on battles and warfare in England and France in the middle ages.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0851151949
• ISBN 13: 9780851151946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198