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HISTORY SHARE: CROSSBOW BAN
Until they were replaced by the more efficient longbow (Battle of Agincourt, 1415: English: 10, French: 0), crossbows were one of the go-to weapons for armies wishing to inflict damage on each other. Pope Urban II banned its use against ‘other Christians’ in 1096, and Pope Innocent II took the same stand at the Second […]