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In this video for History Hit, Ray Mears discovers how a Tudor shipwreck has shaped our understanding of archery in the later medieval period. Raised from the bottom of the English Channel in 1982, the Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship in the English fleet during the reign of King Henry VIII. When it sank in battle against the French in 1545, the Mary Rose took down hundreds of seamen and soldiers with their weapons. The incredible archaeological remains include dozens of perfectly preserved longbows, showing these weapons were still used even as gunpowder became prevalent on the battlefield. Watch the full documentary 'Ray Mears The Bow: The Making of Medieval Europe' on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/what-s-new/videos/the-bow-episode-two Also in this video, Ray meets up once again with Tod of Tod's Workshop and professional archer and bowyer Joe Gibbs, to test whether a longbow with a heavy draw-weight could really pierce plate armour. You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/45Y4Oyg For more history content, subscribe to our History Hit newsletters: https://www.historyhit.com/sign-up-to... #historyhit #medieval #maryrose