. On April 28, 1448, Charles VII issued an ordonnance requiring every parish to mobilize at local expense an archer for a militia of franc-archers. Such men received 9 livres tournois per year and a tax exemption for their participation and as much as...

Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat and has become a precision sport. A person practicing archery is called an archer, and one who is fond of or an expert at archery is...