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Longbowman vs. Crossbowman - Hundred Years War 1337-60

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat

Last Stocked on 3/19/2024

Product Info

Title
Longbowman vs. Crossbowman - Hundred Years War 1337-60
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
David Campbell
Publish Year
2017
Pages
80
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147666423
MFG. Part #
OSPCBT24
Type
Softcover
Series
CBT24

Description

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labor of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into the French and their allies.

This study examines three battles - Sluys (1340), Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) - and shows how the use of the longbow allowed England's armies to inflict crushing defeats on numerically superior forces. The longbow changed the shape of war, becoming the defining weapon of the age and wreaking havoc upon the French armies that would face it. Featuring full-color artwork, this is the engrossing story of the first clashes between the English longbowmen and the crossbowmen of the French king on the bloody battlefields of the Hundred Years' War.