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Medieval Military Combat

Medieval Military Combat (Hardback)

Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses

Military > Weaponry P&S History > Medieval World

By Tom Lewis
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 50 illustrations
ISBN: 9781612008875
Published: 15th March 2021
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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.

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