What is Battle of Crécy?
[[Image:Battle of crecy froissart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Battle of Crécy]] The '''Battle of Crécy''' happened on [[26 August]] [[1346]] near [[Crécy-en-Ponthieu|Crécy]] in northern [[France]], and was one of the most important battles of the [[Hundred Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Iggulden |first1=Hal |last2=Iggulden |first2=Conn |title=The Dangerous Book for Boys |date=2008 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=Canada |isbn=978-1554682591 |pages=58–60 |chapter=Famous Battles – Part One: 5. Crécy August 26, 1346|url=http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/9781554682591/The_Dangerous_Book_for_Boys/index.aspx |accessdate=27 July 2009 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220213743/http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/9781554682591/The_Dangerous_Book_for_Boys/index.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> The smaller [[England|English]] [[army]] won against the much larger French army. New [[tactic]]s and weapons make this an important battle in the history of [[war]]fare because the English used [[longbow]]s to win against French [[knight]]s. The longbow was a faster weapon to fire than the French and [[Genoa|Genoan]] [[crossbow]] and could send [[arrow]]s farther than the crossbow could and with more force. Before this battle during the [[Middle Ages]], [[knight]]s had been the most important part of an army. Because of this change some historians call this battle the beginning of the end of [[chivalry]]. == The Battle == In the battle, the French knights, protected by [[chainmail|chain mail]] reinforced with metal plate, were nearly exhausted by charging several miles into the battle (against their king's wishes). Their horses had to walk through deep [[mud]] and charge up a hill into English and Welsh arrow storm. They were cut down. Many French nobles died. The knights' horses were barely protected at all. The storm of arrows killed or disabled the knights' mounts, and left the knights floundering in the mud on foot beneath a hail of arrows. The bolts (heavy arrows) of the [[Genoa|Genoe