[Archers] Utube archery but no sound

[Groff, Garth (ggg9y)]

Friends,

Yes, it has sound. The dialogue is poor by our standards. Although the narrator pronounces his English very well, it is delivered in the manner of a non-English native speaker with unusual verb positions and truncated plurals.

This is an interesting piece, but I question that such speed shooting was common or even desirable, at least in western Europe. Read what Mike Loades says about this in his new longbow book.

For example, at Agincourt Henry V's army had 5,000 archers who supposedly were supplied with about 500,000 arrows. That seems a lot, but it works out to about 100 arrows per man, or a little over four sheaf arrow bags (24 arrows in each). At the traditional speed of 10 arrows per minute, all the archers would have exhausted their ammunition in less than ten minutes. That's faster than the arrow boys could deliver more bags to the shooting line. They must have shot a lot more slowly, possibly in rotation, some dropping back to replenish their arrows as others stepped forward. During the early part of the battle when shooting massed volleys, they were likely to have been given orders on where to aim by their captains, with a possible pace of about six arrows a minute. During the mele, their shooting might have been faster at some points and slower at others. Here they were choosing their targets and waiting for the right moment to take a clear shot at a vulnerable spot. The archers did eventually run out of ammunition, but that happened later in the battle.

Still a neat video.


Yours Aye,

Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
Read "The Tale of Mungo Napier":
http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html



From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of barysears
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 4:08 PM
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Subject: [Archers] Utube archery but no sound


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g



barre


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