The Great Warbow
Author: Matthew Strickland
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780750931670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vivid and exciting exploration of the bow and arrow as weapons of war.
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War Bows
Author: Mike Loades
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-02-21
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1472825527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating and lively history of four bows that changed warfare – the composite bow, the longbow, the crossbow and the Japanese bow, the yumi – by a world-renowned expert. War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds. Historical weapons expert Mike Loades reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons that changed the nature of warfare. Complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in ancient arms.
Secrets of the English War Bow
Author: Hugh David H. Soar
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594161261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Complete Recreation of the Deadliest Medieval Arm Dominating medieval battlefields for more than two centuries but requiring long and arduous practice to command, the English war bow and its battle shaft are the symbols of the rise of British power in Europe. Despite being crafted for hundreds of years and wielded by generations of archers, no example of the war bow--the military version of the longbow--exists, outside of a single broken limb. Now for the first time, expert craftsmen use all available evidence including applied archaeology to unlock the secrets of the English war bow. Historian Hugh D. H. Soar is joined by Mark Stretton, master blacksmith, and Joseph Gibbs, bowyer, in order to demonstrate how a war bow and its associated arrow heads and shafts may have been constructed and used. In addition to showing the complete manufacture of a bow from tree selection to stringing and how specialized arrowheads were forged and attached to shafts, Secrets of the English War Bow provides information on the actual performance of the war bow, including the bow's effectiveness against various materials and, for the first time, its use against moving targets, since bows were often drawn against mounted soldiers. Armed with this new information, Soar provides an analysis of both successes and failures of the war bow in several important battles. Illustrated in color and black and white, Secrets of the English War Bow provides an invaluable service for those interested in medieval military history, archery, and technology.
The Crooked Stick
Author: Hugh David H. Soar
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594160028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a study of the traditional longbow's impact on history and uses manuscripts, printed sources, and archaeological evidence to discuss the bow's strong link with England, Scotland, and Wales.
The Hundred Years War (part II)
Author: L. J. Andrew Villalon
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9004168214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn thirteen articles, this volume affirms that the Hundred Years War was a struggle that spilled out of its heartlands of England and France into many European regions. These a oedifferent vistasa of scholarship greatly amply the study of the conflict.
Great Warbow Signed Edition
Author: Robert Hardy
Publisher:
Published: 2006-04-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781845793326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Longbow
Author: Mike Loades
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-09-20
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1782000879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.
Longbow
Author: Robert Hardy
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780750943918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis carefully researched history traces the longbow from its earliest beginnings to its present-day status.
Longbow - 5th Edition
Author: Robert Hardy
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780857332486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Hardy’s Longbow, which has achieved an enviable reputation as a classic book on the subject, tells the story of this weapon throughout British history with drama, vigor and enthusiasm. As well as describing the Longbow’s colourful past in battles such as Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, and in the Robin Hood legend and the Wars of the Roses, the book includes information on the archers themselves and their equipment, training, way of life and terms of service.
Archery in Medieval England
Author: Richard Wadge
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012-02-29
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0752483579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchery in Medieval England is an account of how archery developed amongst ordinary people in England and Wales after the Norman Conquest. In the 300 years after that traumatic event, Englishmen became such skilled archers that they could defeat the most heavily armoured noble knights in battle after battle – feats of arms unequalled by the combatants of any other European country. Here Richard Wadge describes how men used bows and arrows in their everyday lives in the centuries between the arrival of the Normans and the start of the 100 Years War in Edward III's reign. Many contemporary records provide accounts of the illegal use of bows and arrows: unlawful hunting is shown to have been particularly important as a school for the development of battle- winning archery skills. In the process of investigating these accounts, light is shed on the background to the stories of Robin Hood and other outlaws. Evidence from archaeology, manuscript illustrations, church wall paintings and carvings provides an insight into the actual bows and arrows and their use. Richard Wadge shows how the archer came to symbolise the spirit of the ordinary Englishman, how he became a forerunner of John Bull and how he remains part of the national identity even today.
