Medieval Military Combat: Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses

by Dr Tom Lewis OAM

Book Overview

A concise and entertaining explanation of how other accounts, and popular culture such as films, have misrepresented medieval warfare.

We don't know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armor smashing each other with their maces and poleaxes for hours on end, as depicted on film and in programs such as Game of Thrones?

They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612008879
• ISBN13: 9781612008875
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"