Though the bow has been used in warfare for thousands of years, it was not until the 14th century with the appearance of the longbow did it become for a while the supreme and dominant force on the battlefield of Europe, especially in the hands of the English and their Welsh subjects.
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Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Sources:
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi
By Mike Loades
Military Archery in the Seventeenth Century
By E.T. Fox
Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government And Ships
by Kaushik Roy
English Longbowman (Medieval Archer)