bigbowbrum
Hi. I'm Nick Birmingham & welcome to the YouTube home of "The Free Company of Aquitaine". Based in Southampton & Witney near Oxford, we are one of the few groups in England to research, practise & demonstrate the abilities & realities of the English medieval military archer of the period later known as the Hundred Years War (1337 - 1453).
We model ourselves on the many companies of mercenaries that sprang up in France after the Treaty of Bretigny (1360 - 1369) & take our name from the ancient region of Aquitaine in south-western France, an English possession from the time of Henry II up to the end of the war.
If you have a question about any of my videos or of anything to do with longbow archery then please feel free to pm me or add a comment.
You can also find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FreeCompanyOfAquitaine
Many thanks.
The Agincourt 600th Anniversary Big Shoot
Agincourt 1415 - Making a Documentary
A Week in Provence 2017
A Selection of Old Unpublished Footage
Making the Self Yew Longbow Part 4 - Tillering & Final Thoughts.
Robin Hood Origins
Making the Self Yew Longbow Part 3 – Profile & Final Shaping
Strip & Clean of the Kriss Defiance DMK22C
Warbows at Herstmonceux 2012
Making the Self Yew Longbow Part 2 - Marking out the Stave
Cowboy Guns Shooting Competition
Munzenberg 2017 Warbow Demo
Our holiday house in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Swapping a bow for a .50 Cal Rifle
Warbow Demonstration at Caterham School, 2007.
Our 14th Century tower in Najac
Making the Self Yew Longbow Part 1 - Preparing the Stave
Longbows on the Field of Agincourt (Video 30)
Making the Medieval Arrow Bag Part 2 - The Cloth Bag (Video 29)
Making the Medieval Arrow Bag Part 1 - The Arrow Spacer (Video 28)
A Quick Way to Taper Arrow Shafts - Video 27
Horn Inserts for Self Nocked Arrows - Video 26
Fire Arrows! - Video 25
Warbows at the Copped Hall Apple Day - Video 24
Warbows at Herstmonceux - Video 23
The Longbow Vs Cuir Bouilli (Boiled Leather) - Video 22
The Longbow Vs A Motorcycle Crash Helmet - Video 21