English Longbow was one of the deadliest tools on the planet. These bows were one of the main tools that made England one of the most powerful countries in the past. They used these longbows for many reasons. They could penetrate through steel plate armor‚ which made these bows effective against armored knights. The longbows had a draw weight of up to 150 pounds. The longbows that the English traditionally used had a draw weight of about 90 pounds. The English completely showed off their longbow in the
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between the two countries. One notable battle in the war was the Battle of Crecy‚ which took place in 1346‚ a mere ten years into the start of the war. The battle proved a decisive victory for the English‚ marked notably by the English use of the longbow. Ultimately‚ as Froissart seems to exhibit in his recanting of the battle‚ the British victory can be traced back to superior strategy and preparation. Jean Froissart describes the preparation taken by both the French Army and British Army prior
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One of the inaccuracies is the longbow being used in the movie. Another one is Balian being an only child. The last one is the steps to knighthood. Most of the movie is true‚ but there are several mistakes. I think Hollywood might have done this to make the movie more interesting and exciting. One of the inaccuracies is that they were using the longbow in the movie. The longbow was used in the 1300s by the English military. In the movie‚ they were using the longbow when they fought. A lot of people
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the release of stretched fibers. In torsion catapults‚ the release of a twisted rope caused a beam to spring forward‚ heaving heavy stones or weights. The longbow as we recognise it today‚ measuring around the height of a man‚ made its first major appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages. Although generally attributed to the Welsh‚ longbows have in fact been around at least since Neolithic
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hunting. The old longbows could shoot up to 200yds. That was a huge advantage because the longer you could shoot the further away you could stay from your target. The bows that were longer and stiffer would shoot further. Most of the long bows back then were up to 6 feet tall‚ and surprisingly only weighed two pounds. The strings for the longbow were made of flax. bows were made up of different kinds of wood but he most common woods used were ash and elm. Longbows could last a long time if
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the mace‚ longbow‚ and longsword. They are most commonly known for their great work in battles. The mace was essentially a giant hammer that could be used as a deadly brute force weapon (1). Their are two types of maces there is the regular mace which is a solid metal ball at the end of a shaft (1). Then there is the flanged mace which was different it had flanges around the ball (1). The mace has been dated back before the renaissance but wasn’t used as extensively until
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portrays him all wrong. Also the longbow is another one that movie got all wrong. Last but not least was the landscape this was a big one that the movie gets wrong and i’ll explain this later on down the road. The landscape of Jerusalem in the movie is very wrong. First of the movie is filmed in Spain and in Morocco.The film also says that the Messina was the seaport to the holy land‚ but Messina is
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for the head as normal‚ but to fire center mass‚ which is where snap-to targeting places the reticle upon aiming down the sights. Trivia According to the Longbow’s barrel part‚ SR_Barrel_Alien_Longbow‚ and the fins that expand when firing‚ the Longbow is an E-tech weapon despite the item card’s Legendary coloration. The Longbow’s projectiles are shaped like the arrows from the video game Minecraft. The flavor text ("Ceci n’est pas une sniper rifle!" [Lit. "This is not a Sniper Rifle"]) is a reference
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Question 1: In the Middle Ages the defenders of a fortified place had probably their greatest advantage in history over the besiegers. That evaporated in 1460. Examine the development of fortifications and garrison weaponry from 1050 to 1700‚ and describe the counter developments in siege craft. Conclude with a discussion of the consequences of the defensive or offensive advantage for warfare in those eras. During the Dark Ages‚ along with the 17th and 18th centuries‚ fortified strongholds and
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prove how superior England was‚ on the field of battle. At the battle of Crecy in 1346 the English archers devastated the French knights and foot soldiers with their deadly long-range longbows(Hundred Years War). The French knights used to dominate in the earlier battles of the Middle Ages. The long-range longbows that the English had would make the French knights obsolete. Edward III would land on the beaches of Normandy with 14‚000 men to invade. The English army would push forward up the countryside
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