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Interesting read of the introduction - and very good points. Perhaps yew was also way too hard to come by / expensive for the Scottish? Also, it does make sens
by wuschel 11y ago
Interesting read of the introduction - and very good points. Perhaps yew was also way too hard to come by / expensive for the Scottish?
Also, it does make sense that training long term military personel was reserved to the ruling feudal class. Still, producing a longbow compatible population (of strong, loyal) men might have had other costs then political ones. Precision wise, a longbow is not a real tournament weapon - and you needed tall, strong men to wield it.
- masklinn 11y ago> Perhaps yew was also way too hard to come by / expensive for the Scottish? One of the first point the paper makes is that the domestic supply of english yew was of poor quality and way outstripped by the demand, and the country imported yew from throughout continental Europe. So while yew availability may have been an explanation for Scottland, it definitely wasn't for France. > Still, producing a longbow compatible population (of strong, loyal) men might have had other costs then political ones. Precision wise, a longbow is not a real tournament weapon The longbow is a tournament weapon if you set up longbow-only tournaments and legally forbid other sport tournaments.
- arethuza 11y agoGolf and football were actually forbidden in Scotland for a time in the 15th century to try and encourage archery practice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_in_Scotland#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_in_Scotland#Etymology