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"The White Company"
RobD:
whilst sir arthur conan doyle was best known for his sherlock holmes books, here is his fictional account of a band of archers during the hundred years' war in 1366. click the image below to begin. it's got a goodly amount of middle english nomenclature and verbiage, but you'll get the gist of it all. i reread this book annually. interesting archery chapters are in chapters XIII, XVI, XXII, XXXIV.
(yes, wyeth's illustration of the battle archer is incorrect - war archers never used shoulder quivers, always a canvas bag quiver on their hip or at their feet, stocked with 24 bodkin pointed shafts at the least - to boot, this archer's quiver is on the wrong side for a right handed draw, and the draw bow suggests the tips are reflexed, whilst english longbows were straight with some string follow)
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Ohio Joe:
It's my understand that the longbow (Warbow) English Archers also simply stuck their arrows in the ground next to them and went to showering their enemies. :shake
RobD:
dirt and feces on the bodkins added contamination to wounds, so i've read. troop movements required the large canvas hip quiver.
Ohio Joe:
I've read that too, Rob.
I've always wanted to build a Yew warbow, but it wouldn't do me any good as those things ran (as I understand it) anywhere from 90 to 120+ pound (give or take)... I'd never be able to string it, or pull it if I ever did get such a thing strung. They are a very interesting bow to be sure, as is the arrow tips designed for specific usage against all sorts of enemy armaments.
RobD:
i used to be able to hold a 65# for at least 3 seconds without any trembling, these dayze i can only do that with a 48# bow. aging ain't fun. ::)
the bodkin was the armor piercing point and the most common arrow head for war. some were tri or quad sided, some more spear-like, but all were quite long.
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