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How or why did the English become a bow culture?

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SimonUK:
Yes Loki, another beautiful example of insular art - a fusion of ....can I call it 'indigenous' instead of celtic? and germanic art. The Pictish kingdom bordered the ango-saxon kindom of Northumbria, so I'm not surprised there are elements of both in there.

Dane:
And thus all cultures that collide or collaborate with each other infuse one another in all sorts of ways - bloodlines, art, technologies, philosopies, religions, etc. And I personally, on a gut level, feel that all that came before on your green island contributed to the emegence of a bow culture. 

Thanks guys for contributing to this thread.
Dane

axel:
all people have been using the bow. th e english culture is a dominating culture now, most focus is on that  today. people of english origin writing the bowyersbible and so on.   ....silly, but therefore most people think that they are more bow culture than for example the scandinavian or other. england is a tiny little country with 60 milion people. a lot of archeology has been made there and a lot of finds have been made thanks to over population. and so on and so on. dont think its about bow culture.


axel

Dane:
Axel, by bow culture, I meant a culture that adopted the bow as a war tool, not hunting and such, to keep within the context of the English Warbow section. And just because you write and read English doesn't mean you are of English heritage.

Dane

Loki:

--- Quote from: axel on June 03, 2007, 06:28:41 pm ---all people have been using the bow. th e english culture is a dominating culture now, most focus is on that  today. people of english origin writing the bowyersbible and so on.   ....silly, but therefore most people think that they are more bow culture than for example the scandinavian or other. england is a tiny little country with 60 milion people.. and so on and so on. dont think its about bow culture.


axel

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 ???
What dont you think is about Bow culture?
The difference between the English and the Scandanavians (the same people) is the English used the Bow en masse for War,making laws to encourage Archery etc etc blah blah...

A lot of finds have been made in England because we have excellent archeologists and the bogs and peat marsh's are excellent for preserving artifacts.Its not because were tripping over each other in our tiny overcrowded bit of the Isle ;D,were not Hobbits you know we dont live in the ground  :D.

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