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In which countries?
by iso1210 6y ago
In which countries?
- thrower123 6y agoNearly all of them, at least up through the end of the Napoleonic Wars. I believe it became less popular with the popular revolutions of 1848 and the advent of universal conscription.
- ceejayoz 6y agoI'm not a historian, but this doesn't match my understanding; that true weapons like swords and crossbows tended to be restricted, and peasants used scythes, clubs, etc. instead. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/268dmc/how_were_sidearms_swords_knives_etc_regulated_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/268dmc/how_w...
- iso1210 6y agoArround 1400, the King proclaimed that "every Englishman or Irishman dwelling in England must have a bow of his own height", at one point Tennis was banned to give more time to bow practice. By 1500s every man had to buy his 7 year old son a bow and teach him how to use it, and a bow+arrows must be kept in everyones house. Crossbows on the other hand were practically banned, but this was more because a highly skilled longbowman was more deadly
- ceejayoz 6y agoThat's fairly unique to England, though, whose military power relied on longbows in a way not matched by rivals.
- donw 6y agoEngland and Switzerland come to the top of my mind, I’ll need to dig for a comprehensive list.