Edmund Morgan Quotes

In 1595, by order of the Privy Council, the English armed services abandoned the longbow and fought with muskets for the next two centuries and more. Nobody is sure why.

Edmund Morgan

• Why
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• Nobody
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  Edmund Morgan
  • Why
  • English
  • Nobody