English longbow

The English longbow, also called the Welsh longbow, was a powerful type of bow about 2.0 m (6 ft 6 in) long used by the English and Welsh during the Middle Ages both for hunting and as a weapon of war. Longbows were most devastatingly put to use during the Hundred Years War against the French.

Bibliography

• The Medieval English Longbow, Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 23, 1980.
• "Longbow: A Social and Military History" by Robert Hardy, Pub Patrick Stephens,1992, ISBN 1852604123
• "The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose", by Dr. Matthew Stricklandhttp://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/History/staff/strickland.htm and Robert Hardy, Pub Sutton,2005, ISBN 0750931671
• Review by Will Cohu of the Daily Telegraph 3 April 2005. Draw forces of up to 180 lbf (800 N).
• "The Crooked Stick: A History of the Longbow (Weapons in History S.)" by Hugh David Hewitt Soar, Pub Westholme U.S, 2004, ISBN 1594160023 http://www.westholmepublishing.com/id5.html
• Review by Bernard Cornwell in the Times http://www.westholmepublishing.com/id26.html
• "The Replacement of the Longbow by Firearms in the English Army," by Thomas Esper (Technology and Culture, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1965).