If archers were expected to engage in melee, what did they do

Not as valuable as your life. it would probably be collected when the battle is over

>>1182698
Not that delicate, you just put in on the ground in a big pile.

Go full legolas up in that bitch and blaze through enemy lines, chopping and slicing down enemies left and right untill the bow falls out of your hand because it's so slippery due to the blood of yoir enemies?

>>1182779
this, they would drop it if they had to in order to defend themselves, but even there were holsters and techniques of keeping the bow on your person hands free, such as putting it around yourself

They were mass produced in England, and considered expendable.

>>1183768

Yes, but what about their bows?

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>>1182698
Eyewitness accounts state they simply dropped them. Read Enguerrand de Monstrelet or Le baker

>>1183773
This is top level bantz people

>>1183768
OH

>>1183773
Very nice. This anon right here.

>>1183773
well meme'd

>>1182698
Drop them.

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>>1182698
>Europeans never figured out Bowcases.
Though I suppose in the case of the longbow thats pretty silly.

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>>1182698

One big advantage of a Longbow compared to a compound horsebow is durability. When they're unstrung they're more or less a bow staff. Probably not something you'd want to use a primary melee weapon, but nothing you'd want to get whacked by.

>>1184461
Looks like a childs toy.

>>1186420
Size doesn't matter famalam

>>1184461
Was it common for soldiers to begin raping during the battle or did the raping happen afterwards?

> Ywn capture a Seythian noblewomen an enrich her, culturally.

>>1183773
You can have 2 extra (You)(You)s