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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by User23 on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:08PM (#25042177)
The English peasants were a special lot. England had an archery mandate going back to at least the 13th century so we're not talking about random untrained peasants. Also lots of things went right for the English and wrong for the French at Agincourt.
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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by nl on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:07PM (#25042736)
> Also lots of things went right for the English and wrong for the French at Agincourt.

This is true, but one should note that the Battle of Crécy 70 years earlier had shown the same pattern.

(Although of course there were many other battles in the 100 year war where bowmen were not as decisive).

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