The longbow was treasured far more than any other weapon in the renaissance (2). There were three kinds of bows the crossbow was very inaccurate but could shoot very fast (2). The short bow hence it's name was smaller than it big brother (2). The long bow was very accurate it averaged a height of six feet and creates a devastating attack on the battlefield (2). In the beginning of the renaissance the long bow was not very popular (2). The king of England saw the advantages of the longbow after the hundred year war between England and France (2). In one particular battle the English had twenty thousand men up against the French who had sixty thousand (2). The English dominated the French killing thirty thousand of the sixty thousand troops and killed one thousand two hundred knights and eleven princes (2). The English only lost one hundred men in that war (2). Not long after that battle the king of England made archery with the longbow a national sport (2). He banned all events on Sunday the only one to be held was archery (2). Men were encouraged to participate or be fined (2). Every district after that was made to have a quota of new archers a year (2). The long bow was believed to be first seen in whales (2). There was an old myth that said the longbow could penetrate from 200 meter 4 inches into a solid oak tree (2). This meant that it was very easy to penetrate thick armor of the knights (2). A very experienced archer …show more content…
The sword was seen on most paintings of knights and with kings (3). Near the middle of the renaissance it became less popular (3). With the advancements in armor and weapons the sword could no longer keep up (3). There were many types of long swords some were shorter and some were longer (3). The longsword was made in the thirteenth to fourteenth century (3). It being wielded with two hands was common for there size and weight (3). There was no key difference that made the longsword different from the regular two handed sword (3). The longsword was out of date by the high renaissance (3). Having been replaced by the mace and the bow (3). The longsword wasn't considered important anymore just mainly for show or a back up weapon but was rarely used