Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 98
unted archers formed a considerable portion of the nationalforces. An army of fifteen hundred complete lances, which represented a totalof six or seven thousand horsemen, required a complement of at least fivethousand mounted archers, who were all skilful marksmen. In the timeof Henry VIII., an… … Yis. 49.—German Foot-soldiers fighting—From a Drawing by Holbein preserved in theMuseum at Basle (Sixteenth Century). The desperate melee of Fornoue (July 6th, 1495), which forcedCharles VIII. to retrace his steps after his successful Italian expedition, wasnearly the last of the confused and…
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