A 1363 decree designed to promote the use of this weapon banned most sports on Sundays. Roger Ascham's book Toxophilus is about these weapons, 172 of which were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. A popular myth holds that the gesture of the middle finger arose from a French practice of mutilating prisoners of war so that they could not use these weapons. Henry V's army made devastating use of these weapons to harass French knights at the Battle of Agincourt. For 10 points, name these tall weapons used by British archers in the medieval era.
A 1363 decree designed to promote the use of this weapon banned most sports on Sundays. Roger Ascham's book Toxophilus is about these weapons, 172 of which were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. A popular myth holds that the gesture of the middle finger arose from a French practice of mutilating prisoners of war so that they could not use these weapons. Henry V's army made devastating use of these weapons to harass French knights at the Battle of Agincourt. For 10 points, name these tall weapons used by British archers in the medieval era.
A 1363 decree designed to promote the use of this weapon banned most sports on Sundays.