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How much difference did the English longbow really make in the Hundred Years' War, as compared to other bows, crossbows, and ranged weaponry of the same time period? Was it really the game-changer that popular media would have us believe, or has it been over-romanticized in the modern day?

by /u/ExiledToTerminus in /r/AskHistorians

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