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The Battle of Agincourt Reconstructed (fun stuff)

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  1. padre31

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    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80HZQjEFu8&feature=related"]YouTube- The Battle of Agincourt[/ame]

    The interesting thing about the English Bowman is the Crown had an interest in maintaining a strong community of Longbowman in that period of time, so much so that if a man could draw a full Long Bow they received a payment from the Crown.

    That means at Agincourt, the French vassels of the Crown saw this:

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAUp1ripJLE&feature=related"]YouTube- Battle of Crécy - A French perspective[/ame]

    Every 20 seconds or so, the rate of fire of a long bow could be devestating indeed.
     
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