What was the composition of the armies during the Hundred Years War?

It is about the war between England and France between 1337 and 1453. The armies at the initial stage were very different from each other. The French army consisted of feudal cavalry (chivalry). The infantry consisted of mercenaries, among them there could be nobles and commoners, they concluded oral and written agreements. Among the elite infantry are Genoa’s crossbowmen. French cities also fielded cavalry and artillery.

The British had a good fleet, built from imported timber in Flanders. For almost the entire war they had domination of the sea, the main troops were archers.



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