Secrets of the English War Bow Paperback / softback
by Hugh David Hewitt Soar, Mark Stretton, Joseph Gibbs
Paperback / softback
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Historian Hugh D. H. Soar is joined by Mark Stretton, master blacksmith, and Joseph Gibbs, bowyer, in order to demonstrate how a war bow and its associated arrow heads and shafts may have been constructed and used.
In addition to showing the complete manufacture of a bow from tree selection to stringing and how specialized arrowheads were forged and attached to shafts, Secrets of the English War Bow provides information on the actual performance of the war bow, including the bow's effectiveness against various materials and, for the first time, its useagainst moving targets, since bows were often drawn against mounted soldiers.
Armed with this new information, Soar provides an analysis of both successes and failures of the war bow in several important battles.
Illustrated in color and black and white, Secrets of the English War Bow provides an invaluable service for those interested in medieval military history, archery, and technology.--De re Militari
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 81 b/w and color illus., maps
- Publisher:Westholme Publishing, U.S.
- Publication Date:17/03/2011
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- ISBN:9781594161261
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 81 b/w and color illus., maps
- Publisher:Westholme Publishing, U.S.
- Publication Date:17/03/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781594161261
