Re: (TFT) Re: Dodging arrows

[Jay Carlisle <maou.tsaou@gmail.com>]

http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/longbow/longbow.html
The English Medieval war arrow, like the longbow, is a controversial
subject. Known as the clothyard shaft, it was efficient, cheap, capable of
being mass-produced, and "made in greater numbers than any other type of
arrow in history".50<http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/longbow/notes.html>
But
few sources agree to its length: estimates range from 27 to 36 inches.

A close examination of the sources tend to point to approximately 27 inches
as the correct figure. The clothyard was not a standard yard.The term comes
from the reign of Edward III, when he introduced Flemish weavers into
England. The weavers brought their own system of measurement with them.
Known as the "clothyard ", "clothier's yard", "ell", or "Flemish yard", it
was 27 4/10 inches
long.52<http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/longbow/notes.html>
The
late John E. Morris, the acknowledged authority on the military
organisation and tactics of Edward I, supports this conclusion by noting
that a draw length of 36 inches from a 65 pound or strong bow is
biomechanically
impossible.53<http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/longbow/notes.html>

Bows were not made all at once. Cut down in winter, they were roughed out
and left to cure for a year or two. After the bow was "seasoned", it was
worked in slow stages into the finished product. Often these steps occurred
at intervals of a year for three or four years.
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