Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years WarAnne Curry, Michael Hughes `Careful, original and wide-ranging study of many different aspects of late medieval military history.' HISTORY The Hundred Years War embraced warfare in all aspects, from the grand set pieces of Crecy and Agincourt to the pillaged lands of the dispossessed population. What makes this book different from previous studies emphasising the great battles is its use of less familiar evidence, such as administrative records and landscape archaeology, to gain a truer picture of the realities of medieval warfare. From a general review of battle tactics, the book turns to examine (at points enlisting computer analysis) a number of issues: the composition of the English army, the management of affairs in Aquitaine, the response in England at large to the war and the consequent propaganda and hardship, and the impact of warfare on local communities. Close study of surviving artefacts - weapons, fortifications - also allows realistic assessments of military and naval experiences. |
Contents
The Development of Battle Tactics in the Hundred Years War | 1 |
English Armies in the Fourteenth Century | 21 |
English Armies in the Fifteenth Century | 39 |
The War in Aquitaine | 69 |
The Domestic Response to the Hundred Years War | 83 |
War and FourteenthCentury France | 103 |
The FourteenthCentury French Raids on Hampshire and the | 121 |
Coastal Artillery Fortification in England in the Late Fourteenth | 145 |
Myth and Interpretation | 151 |
The Longbow | 161 |
Winds of Change? Ships and the Hundred Years War | 183 |
English Church Monuments during the Period of the Hundred | 195 |
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Other editions - View all
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War Anne Curry,Michael Hughes Limited preview - 1999 |
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War Anne Curry,Michael Frank Hughes No preview available - 1994 |