Yeoman archer
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yeoman-archer-237-4064816
title:
Yeoman archer
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The Yeoman Archer is a term applied specifically to English and Welsh military longbow archers of the 14th-15th centuries. Yeoman archers were commoners; free-born members of the social classes below the nobility and gentry. They were a product of the English form of feudalism in which the military duty of a knight to his lord was replaced by paid, short-term service. By negating the tactical advantage of large numbers of cavalry with their ability to rapidly fire volleys of arrows, Yeoman Arche
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English or Welsh military longbow archers (mounted or foot) of the 14th-15th centuries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoman_archer
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2023-08-07T18:44:52Z
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