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Did the Longbow End the Age of Chivalry at Crécy? - The Reality of Edward III's Victory in 1346 | Sleepy Facts About History
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The popular memory of the Battle of Crécy is simple: English longbowmen stood on a hill and shot down charging French knights, proving that a single superior weapon had changed warfare forever. But that image is wrong in almost every particular. In the summer of 1346, an exhausted English army turned to fight a larger French force not because of a miracle weapon, but because they had run out of room to maneuver.
This episode examines the real reasons for the English victory at…
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