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Shooting crossbows at the butts

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Shooting crossbows at the butts. At one time archery practice was compulsory for adult males, serving the dual purpose of providing defenders in the event of the siege of a town or city, as well a reservoir of skilled archers during time of war. Woodcut from "Historia de gentibus septentriionalibus" (History of the Northern People) by Olaus Magnus, first published 1555. War. Weapons. Bow. Arrow.

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