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How or why did the English become a bow culture?

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SimonUK:
It's my understanding that the english archers were very happy to join the army because it gave them a good salary and the prospect of loot in war.

Dane:
Plus, they got great college benefits after discharge :) That is why I joined my Army. They never told me about the loot part, darn it.

Loki:

--- Quote ---Im not saying amateur or poor archers, but were they professional all of them?.
--- End quote ---
It depends on what you consider a professional,they werent drilled like Roman Legionarie's but they trained from Childhood to become Bowmen and then lived of the spoils of that profession,they didnt go back to the villages and farms after a Battle.

SimonUK:
This is one of the things I love about the history of the warbow. These free-spirited men with little to loose, volunteering to take part in dangerous battles. Some of them were killed, but others came back and were wealthy free men for the rest of their lives.

MalV:
Don't forget the social pressure from your peers to join in the service of your country. 
I do not think that it would have been so much different back then during the HYW. i.e. propaganda as to why they should serve their country and king, the French are evil etc.
Couple this with peer pressure from your mates around you who are going across the chanel. 
And finally; you have been training to use a warbow since you were a child, and being told all of the time that the warbow is the ultimate weapon, that against the French you are invincible, etc.
I would expect that in the young man's mind, the risks do not seem at all that much, and the benefits were great.

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