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The Romance of Archery By Hugh D. H. Soar
 

The Romance of Archery
By Hugh D. H. Soar
Item Number: 7951
 
 
 
This fascinating book takes readers through the history of the longbow after it was abandoned as a weapon of war, and ... >>>Full Product Info
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This fascinating book takes readers through the history of the longbow after it was abandoned as a weapon of war, and introduced into society as a form of recreation and social interaction.

Clubs and societies of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries offered members an opportunity to meet their peers in pleasant concourse. Target and range competitions were natural events at club functions, but roving also became popular, with archers walking across vast swathes of open estate country following their arrows in golflike fashion. Initially men-only, archery clubs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries began accepting women members. It was then, as Hugh Soar relates in The Romance of Archery, that the longbow literally became an arm of cupid, with recreational archery providing a setting for prospective partners to meet in a socially acceptable environment, a ritual known from the time of Jane Austen to Edith Wharton. With the participation of women, the longbow opened up another phase in its centuries-old career, with women welcome to shoot in the Olympic Games. With his characteristic blend of erudition and wit, Hugh D. H. Soar leads the reader on a fascinating journey through the latter history of the venerable longbow.

HUGH D. H. SOAR, a leading expert on the longbow, is author of many articles and books on archery, including (with Mark Stretton and Joseph Gibbs) Secrets of the English War Bow.

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