'The Battle of Cressy', (1792).Artist: King

---

'The Battle of Cressy', (1792). An 18th-century depiction of the Battle of Crecy, (1346), one of the defining battles of the Hundred Years War between England and France, Crecy was a victory for the English over a much larger French army, brought about largely by the impact of the English longbowmen.

---

Size: 4956px × 3532px
Location:
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, /, 100, 1346, 14th, 18th, ages, armour, axe, battle, battle-axe, battlefield, black, century, collector, combat, combatant, concept, country, crecy, crossbow, eighteenth, engraving, fighting, fourteenth, france, historical, history, infantry, king, knight, location, mediaeval, medieval, middle, monochrome, print, shield, soldier, soldiers, sword, swords, tool, war, warfare, weapon, weaponry, weapons, white, years