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09 May, 2018
The perfect basing for my minature wargames camps.
23 Jun, 2021
A great description of the current orthodoxy concerning fighting in the Wars of the Roses
This book combines a useful research summary with an analysis that conforms to the current orthodoxy with respect to the way that Wars of the Roses battles were fought.
So spoiler alert:
1) Yes there were bows present and they were loosed in the first phase of battle but were seldom decisive in effect; instead they shaped the battlefield through dissuading manoeuvre by horse at this phase in a battle
2) The bowmen then became 'followers up' behind the other troops
3) The troops then closed for melee
4) Only the pole axe really mattered in hand to hand combat due to its devastating effect
a) The battles were therefore mostly about the poleaxe armed nobility
b) These were fought in 12-14 minute pulses due to their energy sapping nature
c) The medieval mind struggled to estimate numbers present but it didn't matter
d) Yes there were clearly others present but their numbers did not really count
e) The ability to mass troops is suggested to have been no better than in 1066
f) Deaths are seen as over-estimates because we struggle to find the bones
What is brilliant about this book, other than a good writing style and it really is very readable, is that it sets out a number of positions that the keen student might wish to consider and see if there is a productive way of suggesting another view. It's worth a book if you and colleagues can faithfully put your minds to such a task and would I suggest need to very quickly develop into an inter-disciplinary research project; but it would be fun and I and many others would be grateful if you did
17 May, 2017
Saint George: A Saint for all seasons
This book provides brilliant insight into England's patron Saint: origins; dragon myth; evolution; adoption by the English Kings and continuing Life beyond the Reformation.