2007-06-02 13:22:43 · 5 answers · asked by michael f 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No. They were developed in 1416, just too late for the Agincourt thing, which, by the way, would have had a different outcome if they had been available. The battle was in fact a little way outside Agincourt at Lepres village. The village was destroyed
2007-06-02 13:28:01 · answer #1 · answered by Harriet 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fletched arrows would have first been used by hunters, which was also the chief occupation of archers, and who worked on the land for the owner a Norman lord after the 1066 Norman conquest in England.
Most landowners had to promise a levee of men to the King in time of war, as there were no professional standing armies as we know it today. So peasent workers were given rudimentry lessons in hack, slash, stab kill methods of the day.
The archers were required by law to practice at least one day a week to keep their aim in, many also made their own arrows.
An arrow with no fletches (feathers) would not fly accurately, was very unstable, a virtuly useless at any large distance.
2007-06-03 08:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it as long bows are fired at a high ark trajectory and a spinning arrow would not give any advantage over a normal arrow.
2007-06-02 20:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by simo9352 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-02 20:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by dumbuster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to use my lifeline please.
2007-06-02 20:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋