The history of medieval ages was a very important and crucial time frame for Europe and specifically England. In this period the English army had improved and developed rapidly using new arms and armors. The history of the bow and arrow during the medieval period seemed very interesting to us. The medieval ages started around 1500 years ago in North Africa and southern Europe. The bow and arrow was introduced during the medieval ages, and then enhanced by the English and Welsh, who created the longbow. We focused on the evolution of the longbow and crossbow. These arms represent an important period in history. We will make a sample crossbow as an illustration of the weapon. The material properties and the techniques of making of the crossbow are also demonstrated in this report.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Vargas, Luis Alberto
• Prueitt, Adam Kosaka
• Salimi, Parham
• Faust, Eric Stephen

Subject

• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050814-204326

Keyword

• Weapons
• History

Advisor

• Thomsen, Tom Hartvig
• Lados, Diana A.

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-05-08

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright