{"id":111691,"date":"2017-11-28T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:13:02","slug":"english-archers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/english-archers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"English Archers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"> <\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">An Italian cleric, Dominic Mancini, visited <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">England<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> in 1482-3. What impressed him during his visit were the archers.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-HVQnxc5G21E\/T4uuXeoGzZI\/AAAAAAAABCk\/ivmSQPEXrwo\/s1600\/English-longbowmen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731866669140594066\" src=\"http:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/english-longbowmen-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-111692\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 337px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cTheir  bows and arrows are thicker and longer than those used by other nations  just as their arms are stronger than other peoples\u2019, for they seem to  have hands and arms of iron. As a result their bows have a long range as  our crossbows. Almost every man has a helmet and carries an iron shield  and a sword which is as long as our sword; but heavy and thick as well.  Only the wealthy wear metal armour; ordinary soldiers prefer  comfortable tunics (stuffed with tow) which reach down to their thigh.  They say that the softer they are the better they withstand blows;  besides which in summer they are lighter and in winter more useful than  iron.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Mancini stayed in <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">London<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> and was a spectator at the martial games which were a traditional part of the city scene<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cOn  holidays the youths fight in the streets with blunted swords or staves  clashing on shields. When they are older they go out into the fields  with bows and arrows \u2013 indeed even the women go hunting with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Italian cleric, Dominic Mancini, visited England in 1482-3. What impressed him during his visit were the archers. \u201cTheir bows and arrows are thicker and longer than those used by other nations just as their arms are stronger than other peoples\u2019, for they seem to have hands and arms of iron. As a result their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}