Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 241
... army's disciplinary unit being a ' lance ' - a professional team , rather like the crew of a modern aircraft , consisting of a knight or man - at - arms , two archers , a swordsman or courtillier , and a pair of pages armed with daggers ...
... army's disciplinary unit being a ' lance ' - a professional team , rather like the crew of a modern aircraft , consisting of a knight or man - at - arms , two archers , a swordsman or courtillier , and a pair of pages armed with daggers ...
Page 242
... army while Lancaster , with a few thousand archers and men- at - arms at Le Réole , barred the road to Bordeaux . Yet Edward intended none of these things . When , at long last , on 11 July 1346 , the south - westerly winds changed and ...
... army while Lancaster , with a few thousand archers and men- at - arms at Le Réole , barred the road to Bordeaux . Yet Edward intended none of these things . When , at long last , on 11 July 1346 , the south - westerly winds changed and ...
Page 248
... army was composed of peasant levies - the ' communes ' as they were called low - spirited serfs considered incapable of standing up to gentlemen , but useful to follow in the wake of their mounted superiors and help crush the foe by ...
... army was composed of peasant levies - the ' communes ' as they were called low - spirited serfs considered incapable of standing up to gentlemen , but useful to follow in the wake of their mounted superiors and help crush the foe by ...
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