The Longbow was one of the most devastating weapons in medieval Europe.

It was a weapon that could launch projectiles hundreds of yards and

pierce the heaviest of armor.

It was the battlefield trump card to heavy armored cavalry.

No country adopted and mastered the longbow quite like the English.

One reason they found the military success they did

was due to a complete societal commitment to the longbow.

Read more about why the longbow was so powerful

and how an entire country was transformed by it

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. everywhere daily. This episode is brought to you by audible.com.

With more people doing road trips due to air travel restrictions, now is a great time to listen to audio books

rather than trying to pick up week AM radio stations

in the middle of the country. One book I would recommend which deals with today's

topic is The Black Prince, England's Greatest Medieval Warrior by Michael Jones.

As a 16-year-old, Prince Edward led forces at the Battle of Crese, where the English

defeated the French due to the power of the Longbow.

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Audible Trial.com slash Everything Everywhere or clicking on the link in the show notes. A long bow is at a fundamental level just a really long bow.

Most definitions will define a long bow as anything greater than four feet long,

but most medieval bows in England were actually

five feet eight inches long. Most modern definitions would say a long bow is any bow

over four feet long where the string doesn't touch the limb. Longbows were around at least as early as the year 3,000

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