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The Medieval Archer by Jim Bradbury is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Medieval Archer about?
`It is a delight to read a book which recognises the importance of warfare in medieval times...also...discusses the changing role of the archer in medieval society.' SIR STEVEN RUNCIMAN This book traces the history of the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. From a close study of early evidence, Mr Bradbury shows that the archer's role before the time of Edward I was an important but rarely documentedone, and that his new prominence in the fourteenth century was the result of changes in development of military tactics rather than the introduction of the famous `longbow'. A second thread of the book examines the archer'srole in society, with particular reference to that most famous of all archers, Robin Hood. The final chapters look at the archer in the early fifteenth century and then chronicle the rise of the handgun as the major infantry weapon at the bow's expense.
Who reads The Medieval Archer?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jim Bradbury
- Publisher
- Boydell Press: Suffolk Records Society
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780851151946
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Military, Engineering, History