Medieval Military Combat
Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses
Seiten
2021
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-61200-887-5 (ISBN)
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-61200-887-5 (ISBN)
Explores the battle techniques of the medieval period.
We don't know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armour, to smash each other with their maces and poleaxes, for hours on end, as depicted on film in programs such as Game of Thrones?
They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor.
Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period.
So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work?
Medieval Military Combat looks at the techniques of such battles. It suggests that medieval battle numbers are highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.
We don't know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armour, to smash each other with their maces and poleaxes, for hours on end, as depicted on film in programs such as Game of Thrones?
They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor.
Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period.
So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work?
Medieval Military Combat looks at the techniques of such battles. It suggests that medieval battle numbers are highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.
One of Australia's foremost military historians, Dr Tom Lewis is a former naval officer and author of 14 books. Tom is a resident of Darwin and teaches secondary school history.
Introduction
2. An initial understanding of tactics, armour and weapons, and how Hollywood confuses matters
3. The Black Hole of Knowledge regarding Medieval Combat
4. The Longbow’s Place in Medieval Battle
5. The effectiveness of poleaxes
6. How were medieval battles fought?
7. Towton as an example - the battle is joined
8. The myth of fatalities
9. A conclusion, and a new understanding of Medieval Battle
Appendices
Appendix 1 - Polydore Vergil and Edward Hall’s accounts
Appendix 2 - Percussive weapons of the Leeds Armouries database
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.04.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61200-887-9 / 1612008879 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61200-887-5 / 9781612008875 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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