tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post7076486021502397985..comments2023-04-15T09:54:06.155+01:00Comments on In the olive grove: the rest of the storyMamaOlivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12917138266127672566noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-28435696159716080262008-02-19T01:48:00.000+00:002008-02-19T01:48:00.000+00:00Aah, I am dead jealous. I would love to see Englan...Aah, I am dead jealous. I would love to see England and medieval England at that.kimbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006090158222860501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-89143829697701510142008-02-18T10:07:00.000+00:002008-02-18T10:07:00.000+00:00Yeah, well my history's a little vague when it com...Yeah, well my history's a little vague when it comes to medieval times but my Shakespheare's still good. lol.<BR/><BR/>Ditz & I did archery last year & our instructor was telling us about the right side of the English archers being over~developed from their use of the bow. They were actually terribly lopsided. Put me right off.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476109171650258810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-3106228558626826162008-02-18T07:05:00.000+00:002008-02-18T07:05:00.000+00:00That's right, Agincourt!I knew you could help on t...That's right, Agincourt!<BR/><BR/>I knew you could help on that one. I can remember the story. Funny, the man talked about how the weapons and warfare developed and changed, but I really didn't "get it" that the two battles were 400 years apart!<BR/>He said they could fire off an arrow every 4 seconds, and had a demonstration of an arrow going right through chain mail. Powerful stuff, but I have enough brain to remember that from "Robin Hood" and "Ivanhoe" and "The White Company."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for straightening me out on the actual facts. Lol.MamaOlivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917138266127672566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508637675893821519.post-77081794800556140562008-02-18T03:13:00.000+00:002008-02-18T03:13:00.000+00:00Battle of Hastings (early Medieval) Oct 14, 1066 N...Battle of Hastings (early Medieval) Oct 14, 1066 Normans V Saxon Britain. The Bayeaux Tapestry remembers the battle.<BR/><BR/>Do you mean Agincourt? Final battle of the 100 years war Henry v (Britain) V Charles vi (France)<BR/>Oct 25, 1415. England won. This is interesting for the English use of the longbow. I forget how fast the English bowmen could draw but I do know they were all deformed from the amount of archery practise they did & they totally wiped out the French. Massacre.<BR/><BR/>Avignon is something else entirely & to do with the turks, I think? Not sure.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476109171650258810noreply@blogger.com