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New Article on Blunts and their use in medieval archery
PatM:
I am cynical about over enthusiasm which may possibly cloud what really happened.
Can you link to the artifacts that these reproductions are based on?
WillS:
Be as cynical as you like. My enthusiasm for something I'm passionate about doesn't remotely change the article that I linked to, and personally I feel that comments like "much ado about nothing" are pointless, as they offer nothing of any worth to the discussion.
What's that old saying... "if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all" or words to that effect.
Other documents and links will become available when Mark and Ian want them to be available, I would imagine.
Although, I assume you won't be very interested really. It's just common sense, after all...
;)
PatM:
Well it will be common sense of that I"m sure.
killir duck:
Thanks for posting this Will, I think it's quite an interesting thought, that the French not using bows because they just didn't want to arm the peasants, I have often wondered why in tarnation the French after getting whipped by English bows a couple times didn't just get some of their own, I'm not sure that's 100% right but it does bear some thinking on it. Duck
WillS:
I agree! I've always heard the same reason - that because the French weren't training young kids to shoot heavy bows they never had soldiers with the strength or discipline to use them in war. I think that's rubbish, because pretty much any healthy man can learn to shoot 100# within a couple of years of basic training, so increase the training regime, give them about 5 years and they'd be easily able to shoot very heavy bows.
The politics of not arming peasants seems more sound to me.
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