Medieval England, Volume 1Austin Lane Poole Clarendon Press, 1958 - 661 pages Volume 1 looks at the English countryside, domestic and military architecture, warefare, shipping, communications, towns & trade, coinage, clothing, arms & armor, and heraldry. |
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Page 156
... French king , in more effective control of his army than his father had been at Crécy , dismounted the main part of it . Contemporaries tell us that French leaders had been impressed by the successes of the English fighting on foot ...
... French king , in more effective control of his army than his father had been at Crécy , dismounted the main part of it . Contemporaries tell us that French leaders had been impressed by the successes of the English fighting on foot ...
Page 157
... French popula tion might submit passively for a time , but they could never finally accept an authority which they increasingly regarded as alien . French counter - attacks were therefore assured of popular sympathy and support . There ...
... French popula tion might submit passively for a time , but they could never finally accept an authority which they increasingly regarded as alien . French counter - attacks were therefore assured of popular sympathy and support . There ...
Page 158
... French within bowshot . Again the French made an unsuccessful mounted attack , and then sent in two successive divisions on foot . The first of these pressed the English hard , so that the archers were compelled to enter the mêlée with ...
... French within bowshot . Again the French made an unsuccessful mounted attack , and then sent in two successive divisions on foot . The first of these pressed the English hard , so that the archers were compelled to enter the mêlée with ...
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in Economic History in the University of Oxford | 1 |
land and Fen 1417 4 The Moorlands 1819 5 The Monastic | 7 |
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND TOWNPLAN | 37 |
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