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The Medieval Archer
List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $26.96 (As of Jun 19, 11:22 AM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com (details)  • This book is on our reading list • This book is on 7 myArmoury member lists
Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback 40 third-party copies available from: $15.00 (As of Jun 19, 11:22 AM) 
Other items of interest: • The Crooked Stick: A History of the Longbow • English Longbowman 1330-1515 (Warrior) • With a Bended Bow: Archery in Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe • Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds (Campaign) • Longbow - 5th Edition: A Social and Military History  Product Description: 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. Product Details/Specifications: Authors: Jim Bradbury Recording label: Boydell Press Publishers: Boydell Press Manufacturer: Boydell Press EAN: 9780851156750 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0851156754 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 206 Publication date: 1996-11-03 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Data cached: Jun 19, 2013 11:22 AM (GMT -8 hours) |
