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youngbowyer:
The bow was “D” shaped in it’s cross section  this is just a small spelling mistake nothing big but it's supposed to be the bow was "D" shaped in its cross section instead of it's.

Hope it helps.

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: Rod on May 26, 2009, 09:21:33 am ---And in it's heyday it was known as a "bowe" or chauvinistically, as an English bowe.
The term "longbow" is a fairly late term used to distinguish it from a crossbow.

The canard about "deriving from" the Welsh bow is in part derived from this experience in the field, and in part from a misreading of Geraldus, who said that the archers of Gwent were the best in Wales, not that they were the superiors or antecedents of strong English archery.

Rather than rely upon puerile websites that trot out the same old nonsense over and again, I would recommend that you go to a more intelligent source for an overview of the facts.

Rod.

--- End quote ---

My sentiments exactly. It is really time to forget that glaringl absurdity about Welsh invention of the longbow that had been around in Europe since the Stone Age. The longbow was also called the "English bow" in pre Hundred Years War France in 'The Book of Roi Modus'. We know that a longbow was meant because the length is specified.  The term 'long bow' [two words] was used to distinguish it from a 'small bow'.
The term 'handbow' was used to distinguish them from crossbows.

nickf:
this thread has become very interesting and informative, thanks for startng it david! good to see some basic things about warbows being discussed.

Nick

david w.:
Thanks for all the help.  I really don't know much about the warbow and its history as there is alot contoveresy around it.

Thanks for all the help its been really interesting.  Its's a good thing my teacher won't know the difference :D

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