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Crécy 1346 by David Nicolle and Graham Turner (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101841762598
ISBN-139781841762593
eBay Product ID (ePID)1927838
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrécy 1346
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicMilitary / General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDavid Nicolle, Graham Turner
Book SeriesTrade Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThe Battle of Cr.cy was the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War. The French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies faced the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation. This book tells of how the Genoese crossbowmen were outshot by the English longbows and the charges of the French Knights were then forced back with appalling losses. Cr.cy is of special importance because it pitted large numbers of English longbowmen against a massed charge of armoured knights. This battle established the longbow as one of the most feared weapons of the medieval period., The Battle of Crecy was the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). It pitted the French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation; this was the battle where he 'won his spurs'. The Genoese crossbowmen were outshot by the English longbows and the pattern was set for the rest of the day: the French cavalry were committed piecemeal in fruitless charges against strong English positions, losing perhaps 10,000 men in the course of the fighting. After almost a millennium in which cavalry had dominated the field of battle, the infantryman, and particularly the longbowman, now ruled supreme.
