Most of us are familiar with Shakespeare's particularly famous play, "Henry V" where "HAL"... the Young King Harry rallies the flagging English with his St. Crispin's Day Speech citing, "We Happy Few...We Band of Brothers...While others lay abed... Should hold their Man-hoods Cheap..." and with this minuscule number of troops, used the soggy field ground and very smart tactics to destroy the Armored French, numbering 10,000 Armored Knights riding on their overburdened Destriers (HUGE Armored Horses) at The Battle of Agincourt in France back in 1415.
From movies like those that featured Sir Lawrence Olivier and Kenneth Branaugh in their moments of acting these roles by the same name, it was impossible not to be surprised and enamored by a Smaller Group of "Yeoman Bowmen" who grew up all over England using the Powerful English Longbow made of a combination of Maple and Yew woods and raised in strength needed to use 200 Lbs of Force in order to ""Knock Your Arrows..." and "LOOSE!" at the French Riders... killing them at a distance after letting fly Forged Steel Arrow Heads shaped in such a way (Bodkins) as to be able to penetrate the French Armor.
But after watching THIS VERY Instructive and edifying Video...One has to Wonder what really happened that the Dominant French Army would be destroyed by a mere handful of Englishmen wielding Swords, Pikes, Halberds, Axes and Truncheons ... backed up by Archers who had been trained up from childhood to be Healthy and Strong and Brave enough to bring the Fight for England to the Enemy with a such an impressive and powerful Non-Ballistic Weapon:
Re: "The Mary Rose" was a sunken English Warship well outlined and described in THIS Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org
Excerpt concerning the recovery of Hand Made Weapons found inside the hold of the Ship:
"A total of 250 longbows were carried on board, and 172 of these have so far been found, as well as almost 4,000 arrows, bracers (arm guards) and other archery-related equipment.[36] Longbow archery in Tudor England was mandatory for all able adult men, and despite the introduction of field artillery and handguns, they were used alongside new missile weapons in great quantities.
On the Mary Rose, the longbows could only have been drawn and shot properly from behind protective panels in the open waist or from the top of the castles as the lower decks lacked sufficient headroom. There were several types of bows of various size and range. Lighter bows would have been used as "sniper" bows, while the heavier design could possibly have been used to shoot fire arrows.[37]"
This is an Image of a Halberd... Hard to Wield as an Offensive Weapon... But an Excellent Defensive or Field Batte Weapon...
Here are more Images of the Weaponry recovered from the Hold of the English warship, The Mary Rose:
...and how about a "Legolas" Like Device (Fellowship of The Rings) shooting as a Hand Made Medieval Semi-Automatic Long Bow... PERFECT for Killing LOTS of "ORCS"... :>)
And speaking of the Middle Ages... How positively temporal William Shakespeare was later on when writing out Hamlet's Soliloquy and defining his *suicidal interlude* by mentioning this contemporary War Weapon:
"Whether 'tis Nobler of The Mind to Suffer the Slings and ARROWS of Outrageous Fortune..."
From movies like those that featured Sir Lawrence Olivier and Kenneth Branaugh in their moments of acting these roles by the same name, it was impossible not to be surprised and enamored by a Smaller Group of "Yeoman Bowmen" who grew up all over England using the Powerful English Longbow made of a combination of Maple and Yew woods and raised in strength needed to use 200 Lbs of Force in order to ""Knock Your Arrows..." and "LOOSE!" at the French Riders... killing them at a distance after letting fly Forged Steel Arrow Heads shaped in such a way (Bodkins) as to be able to penetrate the French Armor.
But after watching THIS VERY Instructive and edifying Video...One has to Wonder what really happened that the Dominant French Army would be destroyed by a mere handful of Englishmen wielding Swords, Pikes, Halberds, Axes and Truncheons ... backed up by Archers who had been trained up from childhood to be Healthy and Strong and Brave enough to bring the Fight for England to the Enemy with a such an impressive and powerful Non-Ballistic Weapon:
Re: "The Mary Rose" was a sunken English Warship well outlined and described in THIS Wiki:
Mary Rose - Wikipedia
Excerpt concerning the recovery of Hand Made Weapons found inside the hold of the Ship:
"A total of 250 longbows were carried on board, and 172 of these have so far been found, as well as almost 4,000 arrows, bracers (arm guards) and other archery-related equipment.[36] Longbow archery in Tudor England was mandatory for all able adult men, and despite the introduction of field artillery and handguns, they were used alongside new missile weapons in great quantities.
On the Mary Rose, the longbows could only have been drawn and shot properly from behind protective panels in the open waist or from the top of the castles as the lower decks lacked sufficient headroom. There were several types of bows of various size and range. Lighter bows would have been used as "sniper" bows, while the heavier design could possibly have been used to shoot fire arrows.[37]"
This is an Image of a Halberd... Hard to Wield as an Offensive Weapon... But an Excellent Defensive or Field Batte Weapon...
Here are more Images of the Weaponry recovered from the Hold of the English warship, The Mary Rose:
...and how about a "Legolas" Like Device (Fellowship of The Rings) shooting as a Hand Made Medieval Semi-Automatic Long Bow... PERFECT for Killing LOTS of "ORCS"... :>)
And speaking of the Middle Ages... How positively temporal William Shakespeare was later on when writing out Hamlet's Soliloquy and defining his *suicidal interlude* by mentioning this contemporary War Weapon:
"Whether 'tis Nobler of The Mind to Suffer the Slings and ARROWS of Outrageous Fortune..."
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