Medievalists.net » Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ‘the Last’ http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Edwardian Conquest and its Military Consolidation http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-edwardian-conquest-and-its-military-consolidation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-edwardian-conquest-and-its-military-consolidation/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:11:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37667 On land, English armies faced a highly mobile, because lightly armed, infantry whose favoured tactics were ambushes and guerrilla strikes although some native retinues did boast heavy cavalry and siege engines; surprise and speed had to be matched by vigilance and the capacity to concentrate troops swiftly at the point of need.

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