European Medieval Tactics (2) New Infantry, New Weapons, 1260-1500

Name: European Medieval Tactics (2) New Infantry, New Weapons, 1260-1500
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ISBN: 9781849087391

ISBN-10: 1849087393

ISBN-13: 9781849087391

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Nicolle, Adam Hook

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By about 1260 the steady rise of the European heavily armoured mounted knight to the predominant role in most pitched battles was complete. But though he dominated the actual day of battle, he did not dominate warfare - there were plenty of vital though unglamorous tasks for which footsoldiers were still necessary, 'cleaning up round the edges'. With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, deployed together to compensate for each others' vulnerabilities, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied.Infantry were far cheaper and easier to train than…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction


The 13th-14th Century Infantry Revival


From feudal militias to 'mercenaries'


Italian armies and tactics


The British Isles


The Empire and Scandinavia


France


The Challenge of Bow & Crossbow


The 14th to mid-15th centuries: Italian urban militias and condottieri - Venice


France: indentured troops - urban forces


The British Isles: coastal militias


The Empire and Scandinavia: local forces - urban militias - leagues - 'free knights' - crossbowmen


Diversity of troop types and tactics: elite infantry - professional men-at-arms - Flemish mixed-arms infantry - archers - Scottish and Swiss spearmen


From Knight to Man-at-Arms


The 14th to mid-15th centuries: France: the arriï¿½re ban and indentured companies


England: mixed indentured companies - 'hoblear' light cavalry


Italy: mercenary knights - the Venetian army - Angevin and Spanish southern Italy


The Empire and Eastern Europe: Western and Eastern influences


Strategy and tactics: French defensiveness and English aggression


Fortifications & Firearms


Up to the mid-15th century: Defensive co-operation between French regional networks - blockades and canvoys


Field fortifications: bastides, stakes, and 'wagon forts'


Firearms: effectiveness and limitations of artillery - cost - the spread of handguns


The Dawan of Modern Warfare


The second half of the 15th century: Infantry development


Attitudes to war: Italy - France


Continuing importance of armoured cavalry - skill-at-arms


Italian tactics


Firearms


External Challenges


Warfare on the frontiers of Western Christendom: The Baltic


Hungary


Spain


Bibliography


Index