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b"William \\u2018Braveheart\\u2019 Wallace was defeated by fearsome English archers at the Battle of Falkirk on 22nd July, 1298; when Edward I\\u2019s army first used longbows against their Scottish adversaries, with devastating effect.\\nDespite Wallace\\u2019s men deploying their famous \\u2018schiltron\\u2019 formation - whereby foot soldiers packed together to form a bristly spear-wall - the arrows the English volleyed back rained down at an awesome rate of ten per minute, per bow.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why even the clergy of the era were keen on longbow-training; consider the advantage of bows over guns for hunting purposes; and reveal why, despite this victory, it took 200 years for the English to fall back in love with archery again\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Bowmen of England by Donald Featherstone\\u2019 (Pen and Sword Books, 2011): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Bowmen_of_England/y8OIDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=welsh+longbows&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Battle of Falkirk, 1298\\u2019 (BBC Bitesize): https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8g86sg/articles/zjwdbdm\\n\\u2022 \\u2019How to shoot a medieval longbow\\u2019 (The History Squad, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbINsn5EVg4\\n\\u2026 And there\\u2019s FOUR MINUTES MORE of this discussion, cut-for-time from today\\u2019s show, exclusively available to our podcast\\u2019s supporters. How did William Wallace lose the Battle of Falkirk so spectacularly - was it really all about longbows? Arion, Rebecca and Olly investigate further in this week\\u2019s extra bit: support the show via Apple Podcasts or Patreon to hear it now.\\nhttps://patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\xa0\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"