| ok, i do agree that longbowmen were professional, but it was through the popularity of the longbow which came from the peasant/common parts of english and welsh society that brought it to the higher ups attention.
longbowmen weren't nobles or high born, they did come from the commoners, but as olk points out, it was only the best that were turned into professional soldiers.
football, or the origins of football was banned so that people would spend more time practicing the bow. |