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Author : Donald F. Featherstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the English Longbow written by Donald F. Featherstone and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Hardy
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750943918
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book Longbow written by Robert Hardy and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully researched history traces the longbow from its earliest beginnings to its present-day status.
Author : Donald Featherstone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the English Longbow written by Donald Featherstone and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000860
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Longbow written by Mike Loades and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.
Author : Hugh D. H. Soar
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781594160905
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Crooked Stick written by Hugh D. H. Soar and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the longbow may best be known for its deployment during the Hundred Years' War, its origins lie with ancient Saxon seafighters and Welsh craftsmen. This book presents the story of this weapon. It describes the bow's use in medieval hunts and associated customs, and follows the weapon's development and tactical deployment.
Author : Donald Featherstone
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781599483
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bowmen of England written by Donald Featherstone and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Linda Davies
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545853591
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book Longbow Girl written by Linda Davies and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunningly written start to an exciting new trilogy about a smart, strong, bold girl who travels back in time to protect her family's past and ensure its future using her archery skills. Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?
Author : Hugh David H. Soar
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781594161261
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
Download or read book Secrets of the English War Bow written by Hugh David H. Soar and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete Recreation of the Deadliest Medieval Arm Dominating medieval battlefields for more than two centuries but requiring long and arduous practice to command, the English war bow and its battle shaft are the symbols of the rise of British power in Europe. Despite being crafted for hundreds of years and wielded by generations of archers, no example of the war bow--the military version of the longbow--exists, outside of a single broken limb. Now for the first time, expert craftsmen use all available evidence including applied archaeology to unlock the secrets of the English war bow. Historian Hugh D. H. Soar is joined by Mark Stretton, master blacksmith, and Joseph Gibbs, bowyer, in order to demonstrate how a war bow and its associated arrow heads and shafts may have been constructed and used. In addition to showing the complete manufacture of a bow from tree selection to stringing and how specialized arrowheads were forged and attached to shafts, Secrets of the English War Bow provides information on the actual performance of the war bow, including the bow's effectiveness against various materials and, for the first time, its use against moving targets, since bows were often drawn against mounted soldiers. Armed with this new information, Soar provides an analysis of both successes and failures of the war bow in several important battles. Illustrated in color and black and white, Secrets of the English War Bow provides an invaluable service for those interested in medieval military history, archery, and technology.
Author : Mike Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472825527
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book War Bows written by Mike Loades and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds. Historical weapons expert Mike Loades reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons that changed the nature of warfare. Complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient arms.
Author : Richard Wadge
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483579
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Archery in Medieval England written by Richard Wadge and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle? The archer in medieval England became a forerunner of John Bull as a symbol of the spirit of the ordinary Englishman. He had his own popular literature that left us a romantic version of the lives and activities of outlaws and poachers such as Robin Hood. This remarkable development began 150 years after the traumatic events of the Norman Conquest transformed the English way of life, in ways that were almost never to the benefit of the English. This book is the first account of the way ordinary men used bows and arrows in their day-to-day lives, and the way that their skills became recognised by the kings of England as invaluable in warfare.
