Agincourt 1415 - Couverture souple

Bennett, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1855321327 ISBN 13 : 9781855321328

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 1991

Synopsis

Agincourt, 1415 The "Campaign" titles provide concise accounts of the great conflicts of history, assessing each commander's strategy, and recounting the progress of the fighting using 3-D battle maps to illustrate the critical stages. This covers the victory of Henry V's heavily-outnumbered army at Agincourt. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important campaigns of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). Agincourt is one of the most evocative names in English military history. Henry V's forces were tired, hungry, and faced a French army three to six times more numerous. However, they possessed several advantages, and English success resulted from the combination of heavily armoured men-at-arms with troops armed with the infamous longbow - the havoc this weapon wreaked was crucial. Using original fifteenth century evidence, including the surviving French battle plan and the accounts of men present in both armies, this title discusses the lead-up to the battle, the tactical dispositions of the two forces and the reasons for the ultimate English success.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Matthew Bennett MA, FSA, FRHistS, has been a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since 1984. He went to King's College London, completing a first degree in History and an MA in Medieval History. He co-wrote, with Nicholas Hooper, ‘The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487’. Matthew has also published many academic articles on chivalric and crusader warfare.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1855321327
• ISBN 13: 9781855321328
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 96