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

They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor.

Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period.

So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work?

Medieval Military Combat looks at the techniques of such battles. It suggests that medieval battle numbers are highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.

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

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    Publisher: Casemate Publishers
    Publication Date: 15/03/2021
    ISBN13: 9781612008875, 978-1612008875
    ISBN10: 1612008879

    Number of Pages: 256

    Non Fiction , History , Military History

    Description

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

    They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor.

    Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period.

    So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work?

    Medieval Military Combat looks at the techniques of such battles. It suggests that medieval battle numbers are highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.

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