Archery in Medieval England
Who Were the Bowmen of Crécy?
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- Paperback
- Release Date
25 April 2024
Summary
How the Medieval English developed their battle-winning archery skills.
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 rema…
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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