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Game of Thrones and Late Medieval Politics

Tides of History

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The English Longbow and the Battle of the Dragon

English longbows are like an impressive piece of technology and they allowed for a great amount of battlefield control. I just really think I'd be able to circle high enough until all the arrows were gone and then I'd come back down again. It's probably not going to work out for it. We see this battle in season seven of Game of Thrones. Jamie Lannister takes a run at the dragon with a lance and almost gets burned enough. You might as well shoot somebody with a cannon than a ballista.

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