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fig. 2.24.2: archers per man-at-arms by decade: 0.89 in the 1370s, 3.33 in the 1390s, near 3 after; with letters of protection and attorney removed, 1.06 and 3.74

fig. 2.24.2 · archers per man-at-arms by decade: 0.89 in the 1370s, 3.33 in the 1390s, near 3 after; with letters of protection and attorney removed, 1.06 and 3.74.
THE 3:1 ARCHER ARMY STARTS IN THE 1390S: 0.89 ARCHERS PER MAN-AT-ARMS IN THE1370S, 3.33 IN THE 1390SALL RECORDSNO PROTECTIONS OR ATTORNEYSONE DOT IS ONE DECADE’S ARCHERS PER MAN-AT-ARMS; THE LIT LINE IS THE CHOSEN SETOF RECORDS.1:12:13:14:13 ARCHERS TO 1 MAN-AT-ARMSEVEN, 1 TO 12.501.480.891.133.332.802.772.782.953.02MEN-AT-ARMS OUTNUMBER ARCHERS1395 ALONE: 3,199 ARCHERS, 854 MEN-AT-ARMS1350S1370S1390S1410S1430S

Rank matched on its prefix (archer…, man-at-arms…); 27,486 rows with a blank rank are in neither count. The 1390s rest mostly on 1395: 1390 to 1394 have no archers and 93 men-at-arms between them. The 1370s hold 6,111 letters of protection.

source: medieval_soldiers.db, the essay’s decade query (rank archer% and man-at-arms%, 1350-1449) and the same with letters of protection and attorney removed; notepad-findings.md section 4 · archerRatio.data.ts

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