Archery in Medieval England
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- Release Date
25 April 2024
Summary
From Peasant to Power: Unearthing the Secrets of Medieval English Archery
How did ordinary men in medieval England and Wales become such skilled archers, capable of defeating noble knights in battle after battle? The medieval English archer evolved into a symbol of the common Englishman, a figure celebrated in popular literature through romantic tales of outlaws and poachers like Robin Hood.
This remarkable transformation began 150 years after the Norman Conquest, a period o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803996912 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803996919 |
| Author: | Richard Wadge |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Richard Wadge
Richard Wadge is an organiser of the European Traditional Archery Society shoot in England. He is the author of the best-selling Arrowstorm: the World of the Archer in the Hundred Years War. He provided Historical Appendices in P Bickerstaffe’s Medieval War Bows: a Bowyer’s Thoughts. He wrote ‘Medieval Arrowheads from Oxfordshire’ for the journal Oxoniensia (a peer-reviewed journal) and ‘The Longbowmen of the Vijayanagaran Empire’ for the Journal of the Society of Archer Antiquaries, amongst other articles. He lives in Oxford.
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