"Favorite Medieval battles" Topic
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Historydude18 | 12 Nov 2019 9:16 p.m. PST |
As the title suggests, which are your favorites to read about or game? Mine are Bannockburn and Agincourt because I have been reading about them for years and have visited both battlefields. |
Parzival | 13 Nov 2019 7:25 a.m. PST |
Mount Badon (5th-6th century, date and location unknown) Camlann (5th-6th century, date and location unknown) Catraeth (Y Goddidin) circa 600 AD Edington 878 Maldon 991 Hastings 1066 Antioch 1098 Ascalon 1099 Arsuf 1191 Lewes 1264 Stirling Bridge 1297 Falkirk 1298 Bannockburn 1314 Crécy 1346 Poitiers 1356 Agincourt 1415 Offered solely in chronological order. And though the details are scant to non-existent for the pre-Medieval battles (Badon, Camlann, Catraeth), they're still fun to read about, speculate on, and game (heck, you can pretty much do as you like with these). I've also done Evesham 1265, but in reality once the forces are in place, Simon de Montfort is doomed. |
rampantlion | 13 Nov 2019 9:12 a.m. PST |
Bannockburn and Bouvines. Bannockburn because I have read about the Bruce since I was a kid and saw him as a hero. Bouvines because it is such a pivotal battle in medieval Europe and the kings/emperors both fought in the front lines. |
Uesugi Kenshin | 13 Nov 2019 12:25 p.m. PST |
Agincourt Bannockburn Barnet Towton Mortimers Cross Bosworth Tannenburg Ankara Ain Jalut 4th Kawanakajima |
Yesthatphil | 13 Nov 2019 12:31 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Bouvines – fits that intriguing category of massively inportant battles that very few people know much about. Edgcote 1469 fits that category too. I like Parzival's list too – particularly Arsuf. Probably not such a significant one though (as Richard declined to follow it up) Phil |
Herkybird | 14 Nov 2019 1:07 p.m. PST |
I like too many to have a favourite, I always have a soft spot for Mauron, as a classic Warbow v Knight battle. Arsuf is interesting as a Crusader battle, as is Ascalon. I could go on…. |
KSmyth | 15 Nov 2019 9:30 a.m. PST |
Poitiers 1356, due to its difference from other HYW battles A slog not a slaughter, and with it he capture of Jean, the effects were farther reaching and lasting. |
Puster | 16 Nov 2019 6:18 a.m. PST |
Bouvines – made way for Friedrich II as Emperor. A really impressive character, and one of the reasons why the Pope invited the Anjou to take over Sicily – which later sprout the conflicting claims of Spain and France towards the kingdom of Sicily and Naples. Not to speak of what Bouvines meant for France, Germany and England. |
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