HIST 2101H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Plate Armour, Middle Ages, France 2
5 Apr 2016
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Jus in bello: the lawful conduct of war. A case study batle of crecy: august 26, 1346 a: philip vi and edward iii, both thought that they should have the throne in france. Philip has more land than edward does in france: philip sees edward as his vassal, guerre mortelle: mortal combat, all bets are of, all out slaughter (raising of the blood red banner) Philip did this because edward is breaking protocol by launching a war against his. Edward"s army was composed of knights (nobles) and lesser people crossbowmen. Pavise: a shield used by crossbowmen: the armies on the day of the batle. It had rained the night before so the french crossbowmen"s strings were wet and therefore could not shoot very far: the batle. The french charge into the english lines, over the crossbowmen (because they couldn"t do anything because their strings were wet)
