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More reading...
Coins from the reign of Henry V, an archer's salary and his purchasing power  (English)
The Mary Rose longbows (English)
The medieval military arrow (English)

Our on-line longbow tutorial
( PDF)
Our tutorial on the traditional English longbow is available for downloading. This tutorial has now been translated. and is available in  PDF format. The tutorial is illustrated to help the beginner acquire all the necessary skills to start using the english longbow. The link below takes you to directly to the PDF file.

Using the traditional English longbow

The  Archers du Genevois gathered together for the Grandes Médiévales d'Andilly in  2006. To contact us write to:



What is the meaning of the word toxophilus ?
Go to our Reading section (articles) to find out.

Music
Our archers are also musicians. Here is a short extract of a piece composed and played by Rich. The name of the piece is

La Donna Fiorentina
(click to listen - mp3)

 

When will we have an English-language web site?
Well this is it ! Only a few pages are available in english at the moment but Rich is busy translating the rest. So stay tuned for more. In the meantime - here is a short description of our association.
We represent a group of archers from the Hundred Years War and take part in historical re-enactment and medieval festivals. All member-archers hold a national archery license and take part in modern archery competitions in addition to our re-enactment activities. This web site is dedicated to :

• medieval archery

• the english archer

• english longbow

• traditional archery techniques

• history of the late middle ages