Archery

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Meet Them

Meet our archers, who are not as scary as they look! Find out why the archers of the 14th Century were feared on the battlefields at home and in France. Discover how their equipment and clothing differed from the knightly class, and how they became wealthy with the spoils of war.

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Learn . . .

How a barber surgeon removed an arrow from a Prince’s face.

The uses for the different types of arrowheads.

How a bow is made.

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Watch Them

Practising at the butts, shooting in archery competitions, and loosing at fully armoured knights.

You may even spy them returning from the tavern!