IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 724: Transition and Change in Later Medieval War, III: Models of Military Conduct in the Hundred Years War
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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| Organisers: | Trevor Russell Smith, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Karen Watts, Royal Armouries, Leeds / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 724-a | From Devastation to Conquest: Changing English Perception of the Morality and Efficacy of Military Conduct in the Early 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Paper 724-b | The Road to Crécy: Tracing the Path to the Battle (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Military History |
| Paper 724-c | The Genoese Crossbowmen at the Battle of Crécy (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Technology |
| Abstract | This session explores changing models of military practice during the Hundred Years War. Mr Smith examines English writings for changing perceptions of the morality and effectiveness of (earlier) campaigns of devastation and (contemporary) conquest to achieve victory in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Using local history, Professor Livingston reassesses the path of Edward III's 1346 campaign, that led to the battle of Crécy, in the context of contemporary military conduct. Professor DeVries reexamines how the Genoese crossbowmen were defeated at the battle of Crécy and how this affected the battle's outcome, through a reevaluation of textual and material evidence. |