num_pages: 244
description: With drama, vigor and enthusiasm, Robert Hardy chronicles the arrival of the longbow in Britain and its gradual adoption as the most important weapon in the English military arsenal, and its coming of age at the battles of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. Also examined is the longbow as a sporting and hunting weapon, and its status in Britain today.
language: English
title: Longbow: A Social And Military History
titlecomplete: Longbow: A Social And Military History
genres: Medieval History, History, Military History, War, Research, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 104
publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd