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 148
... archers in the retinues of the magnates were mounted . During the Hundred Years War a normally organized retinue included men - at - arms and mounted archers in equal numbers . It will be seen that both dismounted to fight . In the ...
... archers in the retinues of the magnates were mounted . During the Hundred Years War a normally organized retinue included men - at - arms and mounted archers in equal numbers . It will be seen that both dismounted to fight . In the ...
Page 151
... archers would have been pitted against the schiltrons , but it is evident from all accounts that they took little part in the battle . Some were in action at the northern end of the line against the Scottish left , but these were ridden ...
... archers would have been pitted against the schiltrons , but it is evident from all accounts that they took little part in the battle . Some were in action at the northern end of the line against the Scottish left , but these were ridden ...
Page 160
... archers . At Verneuil ( 1424 ) those left in the rear to guard the baggage beat off by their sole efforts an attack by French cavalry which had outflanked the English line . Not content with this success the archers then joined the main ...
... archers . At Verneuil ( 1424 ) those left in the rear to guard the baggage beat off by their sole efforts an attack by French cavalry which had outflanked the English line . Not content with this success the archers then joined the main ...
Contents
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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