books.google.com - At the battle of Agincourt, over six thousand noblemen--the flower of French knighthood--died in a day-long series of futile charges against a small band of English archers. They charged not simply because they failed to recognize the power of the longbow, but because their whole ethos revolved round...http://books.google.com/books/about/Of_Arms_and_Men_A_History_of_War_Weapons.html?id=6Y8CNoQqSywC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOf Arms and Men : A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression