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To: zot
"Longbows defeated the French regardless of their armor."

The French didn't help themselves when they rode over their own italian mercenary crossbowmen.

53 posted on 08/27/2011 11:47:16 AM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: Flag_This
The French didn't help themselves when they rode over their own Italian mercenary crossbowmen.

True. But the crossbow didn't have as much range as the longbow, and the French knights were trying to close the gap and overrun the English longbowmen. That is when the mud and their weight bogged them down and they were slaughtered.

54 posted on 08/27/2011 12:02:50 PM PDT by zot
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