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Why were the English able to defeat the french early battles such as the one at Crecy?
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∙ 9y ago
No not because it was because the English had new and approved weapons such as the long bow which was faster to load while the french had longbows which could take a 100 years to load( being sarcastic here)
There are a few reasons.Firstly, they had longbows which could fire up to eighteen arrows a minute.The French had crossbows which could only fir at around 5 arrows a minute.The English had a height advantage as well, which reduced the impact of the french cavalry charge, which made easy prey for the longbowmen.
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Was there any wars in the medevail times?
There were - in Europe England and France were practically at war for the entire period. And further afield, the Crusades, several of them, one to three in the Holy Land, number four which didn't quite get there, the Albigensian Crusade that was against heretics on southern France, the Children's Crusade, total disaster, they were either killed or captured and sold into slavery. Wars involving England were numerous and pretty constant. We saw two civil wars in the Medieval period, the first involving King Stephen and the Empress Maud, the second was named the Wars of the Roses, civil war by another name. The official English Civil War was somewhat later and counts as early modern. There was the war that surrounded Magna Carta when the rebels invited Louis of France to take the throne. Then there was a war between Henry III and Simon de Montfort, the baron's revolt, which resulted in the first parliaments, which included two furious pitched battles. The Conquest of Wales of 1282 counts as a war, as do the various battles in Scotland. The Hundred Years War, didn't last 100 years, and was again against France. The famous battles of Agincourt and Crecy were all part of various wars with the French, and were rare in that wars did not always involved huge pitched battles but smaller skirmishes, raids and burned land tactics.
What was England's greatest military victory?
Trafalgar (Nelson) & Waterloo (Wellington) of the more recent. Drake and the Spanish Armada in Elizabethan times, Agincourt and Crecy in Plantagenet times.
How did the Hundred Years War effect feudalism?
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Why was the Battle of Crecy fought?
The Battle of Crecy was one of the battles in the Hundred Years War. Edward III of England moved into enemy territory in his ongoing war with King Philip VI of France. While initially the English army was pursued by the French Army, once they engaged in battle, the English delivered a devastating loss to the French.
What did Jean froissart do?
Jean Froissart, known as John Froissart to the English, Accounted for major battles of the Hundred Years War between England and France. Such battles were Agincourt and Crecy
Why were the English able to defeat the french in early battles such as the ones at Crecy?
No not because it was because the English had new and approved weapons such as the long bow which was faster to load while the french had longbows which could take a 100 years to load( being sarcastic here) There are a few reasons.Firstly, they had longbows which could fire up to eighteen arrows a minute.The French had crossbows which could only fir at around 5 arrows a minute.The English had a height advantage as well, which reduced the impact of the french cavalry charge, which made easy prey for the longbowmen.
What is the longbow economic impact?
The Longbow demonstrated that infantry could defeat mounted armored knights: Battles of Crecy, Poiters, Agincourt. The longbowman was much cheaper to equip and train than a knight and allowed the English to field more effective military power for less expense
During which war did the battles of crecy castillon and poitiers take place?
100 years war
What weapons where were used in the battle of crecy?
The Battle of Crecy saw the longbow first used in major numbers. It proved devastating to armoured knights and other cavalry, as well as crossbow archers who could only fire 1-2 shots a minute as against an average of 5 by the longbow.
What were the three major battles of the Hundred Year's War?
what were the five battles of the 100 years war and was that all the battles in the 100 years war
What were the major battles describw crecy poitiers and agincourt?
It was the battle between France and England, which occurred on 19th September, 1356.
Why did John the Good want to fight at Poitiers?
he wanted to stop the raids of Edward III and get revenge for the defeat of Crecy
How did the hundred years war change warfare in Europe?
no Ignore above It proved to Europe that armoured knights were not invincible. Up until this point armoured knights on horseback were seen to be the best soldiers in an army and undefeatable by infantry. English victories such as Crecy and Poitiers proved that common men (archers) could defeat mounted knights with the correct planning. However, as it saw the rise of the English archer it also saw the demise as the French learnt how to defeat the weapon by charging quickly and by not engaging in open warfare. The Hundred Years War also involved many different directions for warfare. It involved sieges, open battle and chevauee (double check) where the English pillaged the French lands of Brittany.
Why did the battle of crecy take place?
why did the battle of crecy take place?
What is a longbowman?
A longbow is a type of bow made from a single natural piece of wood that is roughly equal to the height of a person who uses it. The English used massed longbows to great effect during the Hundred Years' War, against the French, particularly at the start of the war in the battles of Crecy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), and most famously at the Battle of Agincourt (1415). An archers trained in using the longbow is called a longbowman.
