By Princess Charlotte (Medieval Warfare Expert) If medieval warfare had a moment when everyone realised the old rules no longer applied, it happened on a hillside in northern France on the 26th August, 1346. When we mention the Battle of Crécy we really should be talking about a French victory that looked pretty inevitable when the two armies met. The English army, led by King Edward III had other ideas. King Edward III's English army was tired, outnumbered and deep inside en

By Chris Livemore I can't lie. This one was entirely my fault and I’m not even able to partially shift the blame. Nobody asked me to explain what a shield wall was. Nobody knew what a shield wall was. Nobody cared what a shield was. Nobody except me. My two eldest children were perfectly happy hitting each other with sofa cushions — randomly, enthusiastically, and without any tactical structure whatsoever. I introduced the tactical structure. And then they joined forces. It