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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;English Archer Stringing His Longbow&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;Traditionally English &amp;#39;&lt;em&gt;Longbows&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;were made from the &amp;#39;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yew&amp;#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;tree, because of its high compressive strength, light weight and... elasticity.&lt;br /&gt;\r\nIn the Middle Ages, the vast majority of English archers preferred using a string made up of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;linen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;hemp&lt;/em&gt;, which they would&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#39;string&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;their bow with just before the battle.&lt;br /&gt;\r\nOur archer is stressing his Longbow between his right leg and left inside foot as he completes the task of &amp;#39;&lt;em&gt;stringing&amp;#39;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;his bow.&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;lsquo;Medieval Archery&amp;rsquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;Although archery was probably developed in Africa by the late Stone Age it took a long time to be introduced into Europe and an even longer time to be a central part of waging war on the continent.&lt;br /&gt;\r\n&amp;nbsp;By the start of the early medieval period,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shortbows&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;were used for both hunting and warfare.&amp;nbsp; With a range of about 100 yards, a shortbow had the ability to kill or injure an unarmoured man at close range but was often ineffective against armour.&amp;nbsp; Vikings, however, made extensive use of shortbows both at sea and on land.&lt;br /&gt;\r\n&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; By the time of the&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Battle of Hastings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 1066, both armies used archers and a Norman bowman was said to have struck down the Saxon&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;King Harold&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;\r\nArchers remained active on virtually all battlefields in early Middle Age Europe and were usually unarmoured except for some who had metal helmets.&amp;nbsp; In addition, most were peasants or townsmen rather than knights or men-at-arms.&lt;br /&gt;\r\n&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Beginning in the late 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Century and into the 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Century, the&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lsquo;Longbow&amp;rsquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;finally began to appear in the hands of more and more peasants or&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lsquo;yeomen&amp;rsquo;&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This new development had a much longer range and greater penetration power than earlier&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&amp;lsquo;Shortbows&amp;rsquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and required considerably more skill and strength.&lt;br /&gt;\r\nIts lack of accuracy at longer ranges meant that its best use on the battlefield was as a weapon of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;mass destruction&lt;/em&gt;, where hundreds of arrows would descend from above onto the packed ranks of standing foot soldiers or the long lines of advancing cavalry.&lt;br /&gt;\r\nNowhere was that success better shown than the two victories of the English at&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crecy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;in 1346 and&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Agincourt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 1415.&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Released in AUGUST 2024.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n"
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