English longbow

He now had a working knowledge of an English longbow.

Then it was time to introduce them to the English longbow.

A wide variety of arrows were shot from the English longbow.

It used to be about two meter long when unbraced, similar to the English longbow.

The traditional English longbow was usually made of yew wood, but other woods are used also.

Traditional English longbows are self bows made from yew wood.

Many men in the English longbow corps died.

These bowyers could reportedly make an English longbow in as little as two hours.

The English longbow was greatly responsible for making England a major military power in the late medieval period.

The origins of the English longbow are disputed.

What is agreed, however, is that the English longbow as an effective weapon system evolved in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

Used in bow making (see English longbow).

The Society restricts the archers to the use of English longbows and wooden arrows.

Royal decree prohibits all forms of Sunday recreation other than practice with the English longbow.

This may be the result of a comparison with the English Longbow that has a flat back and a convex belly.

However, historians dispute whether this archery used a different kind of bow to the later English Longbow.

Archery Act attempts to ensure competence in use of the English longbow by most adult males.

Although deadly at short range, it probably had less than one-half the range of the English longbow which was effective to 200 yards (180 mts).

About a furlong, two hundred and twenty yards, the dis- tance the English longbow could usually be relied upon to shoot.

The French foolishly allow the English to advance within range of the English longbows.

However, some historians attribute the demise of the knight to the invention of gunpowder, or to the English longbow.

The AFB was developed by applying these research findings to the English longbow.

The English longbow and the Swiss pike had both proven their ability to devastate larger armed forces of mounted knights.

This research was expected to explain why the English longbow's D-section was superior to all other extant designs.

As with many other battles of the period, the English longbow proved a significant advantage, probably for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula.