We continue our series of Tales from Sir Dickon, a 14th
Century Knight of the Realm, magically transported to the 21st
Century to become a modern-day life coach.
Sir Dickon was interested to learn about Brexit. In his day public
opinion was quite the opposite. Instead of breaking away from Europe, the
English spent a considerable amount of time and effort trying to establish closer
links with France – by invasion and conquest.
The medieval view on Brexit goes like this;
Sir D - “Boris Johnson’s tactics were rather weak. He should have offered them a yew branch.”
Me - “Surely you mean an olive branch”?
Sir D - “No, with six feet of yew, you can do this”.
English
Longbow - YouTube
During the 100 years’ war, the English fought several famous
battles against the French. By the time it got to the battle Agincourt in 1415
both sides knew the routine. A vastly superior number of French knights would
line up and charge, ideally across a muddy plough field. The English, armed
mainly with big sticks (longbows) and a sheaf of smaller sticks (arrows), would
fire volleys until the French were beaten and surrendered. I may have over-simplified
matters but I have to agree with Sir Dickon. Yew branches appear to be the answer to
settling very complex negotiations in one day.
Historians might point out that this strategy didn’t work
out quite so well in the long run. The English armies got their arses kicked by
a 14-year old school girl named Joan.
For those of you who are not familiar with this battle please
follow the link bellow to Wikipedia.
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