Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology
by Kelly DeVries
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His detailed analysis of battles provides an important reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes. HISTORY This remarkable study confirms (DeVries's) emergence as one of the major scholars of his generation. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY This study departs from the conventional view of the dominance of cavalry in medieval warfare: its objective is to establish the often decisive importance of infantry. Kelly DeVries employs evidence from show more first-hand accounts -- a major feature of this study -- to examine the role of the infantry, and the nature of infantry tactics, in nineteen battles fought in England and Europe between 1302 and 1347, in most of which it was the infantry which secured victory. The battles analysed in detail are: Courtrai Arques Mons-en-Pevele Loudon Hill Kephissos Bannockburn Boroughbridge Cassel Dupplin Moor Halidon Hill Laupen Morlaix Staveren Vottem Crecy Neville's Cross, and the infantry ambushes: Morgarten Auberoche La Roche-Derrien. show lessTags
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The theme of this book can be summed up in one phrase; the superiority of the tactical defensive.
A more interesting question this study begs is where did the infantry fighters detailed find the tactical coherence to stand in the face of the heavy-cavalry charge when they couldn't do so before. Granted that this was a time of growing populations, was it merely a question of reaching a certain critical mass?
A more interesting question this study begs is where did the infantry fighters detailed find the tactical coherence to stand in the face of the heavy-cavalry charge when they couldn't do so before. Granted that this was a time of growing populations, was it merely a question of reaching a certain critical mass?
DeVries examines eleven important battles from the early fourteenth century, and the key role that infantry played in each of them. Battles in which the English, Scots, Swiss and Catalan were victorious are analyzed to determine the factors that allowed the infantry to defeat the traditionally dominant cavalry. Interesting book and a quick read.
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