Middle Ages

The primary weapons of medieval archers were obviously the bow and the arrows. But because of a relatively high rate of fire (an experienced longbowman could shoot 6-12 arrows every…

Movies and tv-series often show the removal of arrows as an extremely unsophisticated and brutal procedure in which the wounded man has to bite on a piece of wood, and…

Depending on who you ask a medieval English Longbowman under battlefield conditions was able to shoot 6 to 12 arrows per minute. When we combine that with large numbers of…

Have you ever asked yourself what happened when a medieval archer ran out of arrows? While that might be a situation that is almost never portrayed (I honestly couldn`t recall…