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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Weapons and Tactics => Topic started by: Erpingham on September 18, 2022, 01:30:45 PM

Title: Central European archery article
Post by: Erpingham on September 18, 2022, 01:30:45 PM
Here's another accidental find (I'm actually interested in Scandinavian archery finds - ho hum)

Medieval archery equipment
from the territory of Slovakia (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michal-Holescak/publication/339230704_MEDIEVAL_ARCHERY_EQUIPMENT_FROM_THE_TERRITORY_OF_SLOVAKIA/links/5e45393c299bf1cdb924fdd6/MEDIEVAL-ARCHERY-EQUIPMENT-FROM-THE-TERRITORY-OF-SLOVAKIA.pdf)

This covers the Avars through to the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
Title: Re: Central European archery article
Post by: Duncan Head on September 18, 2022, 05:56:36 PM
Interesting, thanks.
Title: Re: Central European archery article
Post by: Swampster on September 23, 2022, 10:03:04 AM
The later Hungarians interested me the most. The evidence is sketchy, but they seem to propose that the actual Hungarians shift from bow to crossbow, with various 'tribes' (either neighbouring or integrated nomads) especially in the east providing a horse archer element. This fits with Froissart's mention of mounted crossbowmen.