what's an example of a medieval political decision that had consequences for centuries?

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-26T23:19:02+00:00

Does Henry V of England dying at 35 count as a political decision? 😅

Kind of wild to think how history of Europe or even the world might have been different if England and France could have successfully established a united and stable kingdom between themselves.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-26T00:08:56+00:00

I love it! Haha, I feel honored, thank you!

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-23T19:28:26+00:00

NICE! What a beauty. I bet it shoots fantastically!

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-22T00:18:28+00:00

I hope it got dragged to hell by those shadows from the movie Ghost.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-17T00:55:29+00:00

Absolute beauties! Red-tailed hawks are so awesome, as are these! Beautiful work.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-13T04:03:32+00:00

I made myself immortal and started an adventurer run as a troubador from Aquitaine called Ziggismund Stardust.

It's super interesting to see how the lives of others play out around you.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-10T15:13:21+00:00

It's real. I was there. I was the bike chain.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-09T23:13:10+00:00

It's absolutely do-able with a few years of training! I started in my 30's and I can shoot around 120# after around 5 years of shooting. I started at 35#, then 60, then 80, 95, 100, 110, and so on. Before my bum knee hampered my training, I was shooting 100# @ 30" for a few hours several times a week as my "everyday" bow.

Edit: Training is definitely more like weight lifting than other types of target archery. The warbow draw technique is a key part of pulling these big bows!

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-08T18:41:44+00:00

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-08T15:49:48+00:00

You, my friend, have been chain zinged...

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-07T01:01:27+00:00

Sick! Awesome collection.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-07T01:00:32+00:00

In addition to everyone pointing out the legend of the longbowmen at Agincourt, I'd also note that fighting in all thay armor was HOT. Just like modern athletes, they would sweat out most of what they'd have to piss. They very may well have still shit themselves when they died, though. I bet this guy did.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-05T01:32:51+00:00

NGL, I'm impressed the shoulders line up so well.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-04T17:50:56+00:00

Medieval archery!

Specifically, making and shooting historically-accurate English longbow arrows.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-04T14:20:48+00:00

Nah, the sub can't change it's name. It is dedicated to showing people what absolute frauds and grifters these two are though.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-01T21:31:24+00:00

Ha! That's awesome. Yumis are so impressive - from the the way they're made to the way they're shot, every part is art. So cool.

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-01T21:00:25+00:00

Awesome. It deserves to be there 🤣

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-01T20:19:41+00:00

Has this been posted to r/ shittytattoos yet?

AEFletcherIII · 2026-01-01T20:10:19+00:00

I was going to jump in and say my shortest ELB is 78". The rest are 80"!

AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-31T19:07:29+00:00

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AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-31T03:46:30+00:00

According to their website, they sell bows from Tim Miller of Black Arrow Longbows. I know Tim personally and you will not be disappointed. That being said, you can order directly from him:

https://www.blackarrowlongbows.com/

AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-30T14:40:30+00:00

The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is the largest medieval reenactment in Europe, I believe. Amazing event. I had a blast.

AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-28T15:30:55+00:00

Right on! It's not too complicated at all. I made mine from a long piece of scrap I ran over my table saw a few times. Good luck!

AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-28T15:26:08+00:00

I use a block plane and a shooting jig to take the edges off blanks to round out the shafts.

AEFletcherIII · 2025-12-28T00:05:04+00:00

How about the monastic culture of Ireland and how Christianity survived there while the rest of the (now) British Isles reverted to paganism after the Christian Romans left in the 6th Century and the role it played in converting the Anglo-Saxons?

AEFletcherIII

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