@jackmaher4466
I watched a video on a man who learned how to use the English longbow. He said it took him three and half years to develop the strength to draw it fully.
@MichaelWallace-g9r
Shot a recurve for 35 years. Shot year round hunting and target practice. Shot on average 35,000 arrows a year. Had calluses on my string fingers that i constantly had to reduce in size. At the end of my archery days i could no longer pull the bow because of arthritis in my shoulder. God how i miss it!
@LuoJun2
I served 21 years. You’ve described the life of every enlisted veteran throughout the ages and across all cultures.
@grannyannie2948
Washing wounds with wine was not ridiculous. We still use alcohol as a disinfectant today.
@LEVY-IRL
There’s so much historically inaccurate information in this. For example, the “bow men”, did not sink back into the lower class. They literally created a new middle class—the “yeoman” class. Also, they were not helpless in battle once their arrows were done. That doesn’t even make sense. 100,000 arrows done within a couple minutes—only to sacrifice the majority of your troops who you’ve had training for 15-20 years because they can’t fight with weapons? Nonsense. They could fight well with the hand to hand weapons. Perhaps not in single combat with a knight, obviously, but that was never necessary. War is a brutal slog. They were in most cases stronger physically than the men at arms they fought against—even if they were not well armoured. They were killers from top to bottom and they had bad attitudes. Just picture 6000 football hooligans itching for violence. Also, the battle plans from several episodes of the 100 yrs war, show archers in cone shaped formations. This is so they can all shoot volleys when the enemy is far off, and can then Shoot diagonally into the flanks of funnelled enemies from closeup. Forming a crescent does not change the angles of attack unless all the archers are aiming for a single target. Also, looting has been the right of soldiers since ancient times—accepted universally. Looting was excessive during the Edwardian period of the 100 yrs war. But Henry V permitted his soldiers loot but a single item from each household because he was trying to win the favour of the French people as their King. Looting was not frowned upon. It was the right of victorious soldiers and very much expected unless the leaders specifically wanted it refrained from, in which case they would likely be expected to provide a substitute reward in place of the lost loot.
@smithy356
One of my favorite things as a boy was being in the bush with my old bow and my single homemade arrow.
@TrueMedievalStories
The narration is so captivating, I’m hooked.
@Biobusinessmiddleway
Thanks for your videos! It's so amazing:face-red-heart-shape:
@danielwalsh7618
If an actual military historian saw this they would have an aneurysm.
@heatherford4145
They only had a million arrows when they worked their way to Angincourt . They fought for hours so they didn’t just shoot arrows for 15 min…it was spaced out at a slower rate . There was an entire minister in charge of sourcing arrows for the kingdom sourcing different components from specific places.
@TombGuard206
And to think.. ARCHERS were ELITE soldiers. A disagreement between archers and normal pikemen over a good bivouac site? The archers were favored. Another thing: Archers worked directly for THE CROWN, not for their landlord/ lord. The KING'S troops trumped everyone else, except high noblemen. And they weren't well-paid, but better than average foot soldiers. Yes, the training required from childhood was tough, but boys or young men without the height, strength and ability weren't expected to serve as archers in battle, but to have a "working knowledge." Many PROFESSIONAL archers who didn't remain in the full-time service of the Crown or wealthy Nobles from the 14th to 17th Centuries often joined independent Mercenary Companies, working for whoever paid them. A trained, battle-tested Welsh or Engish archer was a scarce and valuable commodity on the European mainland. HOWEVER, they DID lead hard lives; nearly every common farmer or workman in the period did. Still, an archer's life was-- relatively -- by no means worse than others of his soicial class, and in many respects FAR better.
@charlesturcotte4448
Sunday archery practice was compulsory, of course the customary "free ale/beer" assisted the gathering, as well as, provide a weekly community meeting. Excellent and low cost management.
@MedievalTimesArchive
Great video! I love how you explained [ 3:40]. I recently explored a similar topic on my channel, and it is amazing to see different perspectives. Keep up the fantastic work!
@innertubez
Wow. Amazing video! The dog analogy really drove it home. 😮
@happilydivorced7264
These archers don't know misery!! Why, just today they ran out of goat milk for my latte and Panera ran out of my favorite blueberry muffins! Then to add injury to insult while going for my morning jog my asthma started acting up and I fell down and skinned my knee.
@SuperWang-k2c
I have shot a long bow all my life . I love it , a great bit of amazing history
@MichaelTheophilus906
Life was brutal for everyone until after WWII.
@Thundernoob98
The elves make it look so easy
@bodyrumuae2914
"... the bow (baʊ) was just the beginning of an archer's..." The act of bowing was, or suddenly changing the topic to ships? Pretty strange the constant use of bow (bəʊ) up until 4:45, then you change words for some reason. The weight packing thing making a modern soldier wince, could have gone into more detail on that since at least for the United States Army the fully carry weight is still quite heavy and bulky. 5 pounds for the weight of a long bow? Approximately 6.36 pounds for an M4 Carbine, and the M16 variants weigh 6.5-9 pounds. Since there has been some use of the AR15 in the United States Armed Forces, I'm finding 6-7 pounds. All of those rifle weights are for unloaded. "Because stabbing is Plan A and smashing is Plan B." Depends on the armor worn by your opponent. Not going to have an easy time trying to stab someone through plate armor. Maile was pretty good, especially well bade with a strong pattern, leaving even bodkins having struggles to break the rings and pierce the gambeson enough to actually harm the combatant. Then there are also weapons designed for slashing, since that was more effective in a number of cases than what smashing and piercing were. "In total, archers hold 60 to 80 pounds of misery." Oh... U.S. Army and Marine Corps would carry 60 to 120 pounds. The figure I was frequently given when I was in was 80 pounds of full kit.
@Wastelandman7000