Long-Bowmen and Dismounted Men-at-Arms

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This paper deals with the strategical and technological battlefield of the fourteenth century and gives an insight into some of the battles that took place during the fourteenth century Scottish wars and the Hundred Years War. It describes how long-bow men were used on the field and how they were applied to the tactics of the day and why men-at-arms were increasingly relied upon over the traditional usage of heavy cavalry.

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"It is estimated that the English archers unleashed half a million arrows against the French at the battle of Crecy in 1346 . English long-bowmen brought the lines of French heavy cavalry and infantry into confusion. Arrows were about 36 inches long, tipped with the sharpened steel and fletched with goose feathers. Each archer would carry around 20 arrows and thousands more would be available in the baggage train. In combination with the new strategy learned at Bannockburn long-bow-men would have a great impact on English armies during the 14th and 15th centuries."

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