The Battle of Flodden 1513

The Battle of Flodden in 1513 was the largest battle ever to take place between England and Scotland. James IV himself led an army of 30,000 men over the border into England, ostensibly in revenge for the murder of a Scotsman five years earlier, but in reality to assist their ally the French by diverting the forces of weapons and tactics (their officers were in the front line and they used bills against English pikes), while the English deployed more accurate artillery and their vaunted longbowmen. King James was killed within sight of the English commander, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey.;Cover; Praise; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; A Note on Sources; Chronology; Dramatis Personae; 1 Mud, Blood and Myth: Being Introductory; 2 Great Undertakings: The Road to War; 3 Valiant Captains: On the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century; 4 Able Soldiers and Mariners: War at Sea; 5 Upon the Side of a high Mountain: The Scots' Invasion; 6 Full Boldly on the Broad Hills: Approach to Contact; 7 All before me on a Plain Field: Trial by Battle I; 8 The King of Scots is Killed, with all his Cursed Lords: Trial by battle 2; 9 Such a Noise ... Was Never Heard Before: Aftermath.