Chronology of the Longbow

Added 8 May 1997, Revised 14 April 2001

I will add pieces of longbow history as I find them. Sources will be annotated were possible.

Note: I do not use of the classic 'BC' and 'AD' system. I prefer to use 'BCE' (Before Common Era) and 'CE' (Common Era) respectively.

Chronology of Longbows

Hardy, Robert, Longbow: A Social and Military History, copyright 1992, Robert Hardy. ISBN: 1 85260 412 3

Hood, Steven, Personal communication, 19 January 2001

Wilkinson-Latham, Robert, Phaidon Guide to Antique Weapons and Armour, Prentice-Hall, Inc., copyright 1981. ISBN: 0-13-661935-5

For another site that contains a chronology of archery history, try: A Shot in Time

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