Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of essays offers recent research on aspects of the Hundred Years War. It opens with a general review of battle tactics, concentrating on the great English victories which, for many, epitomize the period. Other essays draw upon archival sources to consider armies and warfare, showing the values as well as the problems presented by such materials.;Archival and architectural history together inform accounts of and aspects of fortifications and warfare. A final group of papers studies surviving artifacts - weapons, ships and monuments.
