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A '''longbow''' is a long, hand-drawn weapon designed to shoot arrows at a distance and which sometimes exceeded 6 feet in length.  It was made famous from its usage in [[medieval]] [[England]].<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/longbow</ref>  It is a common misconception that the longbow was a uniquely [[British]] weapon, when in reality longbows were developed on every continent and arrived relatively late to England.<ref>http://www.thebeckoning.com/medieval/longbow/the-longbow.html</ref> It was the [[Welsh]] who actually developed the longbow that the English later adopted.   
 
A '''longbow''' is a long, hand-drawn weapon designed to shoot arrows at a distance and which sometimes exceeded 6 feet in length.  It was made famous from its usage in [[medieval]] [[England]].<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/longbow</ref>  It is a common misconception that the longbow was a uniquely [[British]] weapon, when in reality longbows were developed on every continent and arrived relatively late to England.<ref>http://www.thebeckoning.com/medieval/longbow/the-longbow.html</ref> It was the [[Welsh]] who actually developed the longbow that the English later adopted.   
  
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