The Resource Arrowstorm : the archer in the Hundred Years War, Richard Wadge, (electronic resource)
Arrowstorm : the archer in the Hundred Years War, Richard Wadge, (electronic resource)
- Summary
- Revealing the power behind one of history's most devastating weapons, this study chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy of heavy cavalry, the longbow forced a wholesale reassessment of battlefield tactics. Richard Wadge explains what mad e England’s longbow archers so devastating, detailing the process by which their formidable armament was manufactured and the conditions that produced men capable of continually drawing a bow under a tension of 100 pounds. Uniquely, Wadge looks at the economics behind the supply of longbows to the English army and the social history of the military archer. Crucially, what were the advantages of joining the first professional standing army in England since the days of the Roman conquest? Was it the pay, the booty, or the glory? With its painstaking analysis of contemporary records, Arrowstorm paints a vivid portrait of the life of a professional soldier in the war which forged the English national consciousness
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (288 pages).
- Isbn
- 9780750967129
- Label
- Arrowstorm : the archer in the Hundred Years War
- Title
- Arrowstorm
- Title remainder
- the archer in the Hundred Years War
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Wadge
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Revealing the power behind one of history's most devastating weapons, this study chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy of heavy cavalry, the longbow forced a wholesale reassessment of battlefield tactics. Richard Wadge explains what mad e England’s longbow archers so devastating, detailing the process by which their formidable armament was manufactured and the conditions that produced men capable of continually drawing a bow under a tension of 100 pounds. Uniquely, Wadge looks at the economics behind the supply of longbows to the English army and the social history of the military archer. Crucially, what were the advantages of joining the first professional standing army in England since the days of the Roman conquest? Was it the pay, the booty, or the glory? With its painstaking analysis of contemporary records, Arrowstorm paints a vivid portrait of the life of a professional soldier in the war which forged the English national consciousness
- Cataloging source
- CtWfDGI
- Dewey number
- 944.02542
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DC96.5
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Freading eBooks
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Arrowstorm : the archer in the Hundred Years War, Richard Wadge, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- frd00011468
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
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- Dimensions
- unknown
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
- {'EPLMNA': 'https://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1833989005'}
- Extent
- 1 online resource (288 pages).
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750967129
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other control number
- 9780750967129
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) frd00011468
- (CaAE) frd00011468
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
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