Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> Longbows fell out of use by sheer laziness. They were still effective in
IIRC, there were still laws in place in England in Elizabethan times
that all the peasants had to spend a certain number of hours a week at
longbow practice, and there were practice grounds in the cities, but as
you say people got lazy and the laws were not enforced.
(...) Crossbows were easy to use - there was a lot less training required. Years less, to be specific. They were good in castle defense when rate of fire was less important and a pre-drawn bow was valuable - as little time exposed as possible. The (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.pirates)
