The Militia.

Well, I think they're all between 17 and 45. In 1595, the English in their musters began to count men with longbows as unarmed men. Don't know about shoes though.

5 comments:

Grim said...

"In 1595, the English in their musters began to count men with longbows as unarmed men."

Was it that early?

Eric Blair said...

According to what I've read.

You understand, this is after the various (mostly unknown nowadays) campaigns in Ireland, guns became the go-to weapon.

This may also reflect the English 'volunteers' that kept showing up in Dutch Service and took their habits (and arms) back to England.

Anonymous said...

If the archer doesn't get his pants shortened, he's going to go head-over-teakettles before he can do any damage to anyone besides himself.

LittleRed1

jaed said...

I was gonna say... those pants are hemmed suitable for fairly high heels, and he's barefoot. (Barefoot???)

E Hines said...

Well, high heels would have been counterproductive at Agincourt.

Eric Hines