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The Devills Enginne - Early Medieval Crossbows 1066-1400, by Gary G. Ball
Booklet published by Stuart Press, 36 pages. A5 size booklet (N6632PE)
From the introduction: This book is a result of an interest in the early medieval crossbow from the author's involvement in re-enactment as a member of the Harlech Medieval Society. The original research was intended to allow the informed portrayal of a Gascon mercenary crossbowman fighting in the Welsh wars of Edward I c.1282. Studies of medieval firepower have for many years been focused on the development and deployment of the English Longbow emphasised by the victories made by this weapon against the French at Crecy and Agincourt. However during the early medieval period it was the crossbow that was the predominant missile weapon, especially for the defence of the increasingly sophisticated concentric castle of this period. These castles are arrayed with a number of arrow slits, for shooting bolts from, called" arba Jestena" in French. Thus, for example, this study attempts to use such evidence to re-address this bias in favour of the crossbow - the devil's engine.
It provides a short chronological history of the crossbow in Western Europe during the early medieval period and provides details of its employment during the wars of the English King Edward I in the latter part of the 13th C. The study examines the development, design and mechanics of the cross-bow and of the bolts. It [also] aims to answer these questions: How and where crossbows produced in the early medieval period and by whom? What was the extent of its deployment and in what particular role? What equipment, armour, etc. was carried by the crossbowman? When and why was it was introduced and why was it superseded by the long bow?
The condition of the booklet is generally very good. The cover has one or two minor scuffs, but the staple spine is intact, and all pages are intact, unblemished and tightly bound. There is a small price sticker on the rear side cover.
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