This week, we’re going to look at how the effectiveness of arrow fire – especially against armored targets – varies over distance. This is, in a sense, a continuation of my previo…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Last week, we looked at a model for what the countryside around an ‘ideal city’ might look like. Today we’re going to introduce some complications to that model (you will recall, …| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
This week and next, we’re going to look at an issue not of battles, but of settings: pre-modern cities – particularly the trope of the city, town or castle set out all alone in the midd…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
