MEDIEVAL MILITARY COMBAT: Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses

This study puts forward three new hypotheses: that medieval combat likely would have seen a command arrangement at the front of the battle lines to avoid exhaustion being a devastating negative factor; that a rout in the aftermath of medieval battles was likely less devastating to the loser than previously thought; and that combatants and fatalities were both over-reported for medieval battles. Illus.