The Medieval Archer - Softcover

Bradbury, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851156754 ISBN 13: 9780851156750

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1996

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 RUNCIMANThis 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 documented one, 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's role 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. JIM BRADBURY writes and lectures on battles and warfare in England and France in the middle ages.

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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: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0851156754
• ISBN 13: 9780851156750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206