The battle of Agincourt was fought on a muddy field in northern France 600 years ago on Sunday – St Crispin’s Day, October 25th 1415. Kings, princes, dukes and nobles abounded on either side. It ...
AZINCOURT, France (AP) — France lost the Battle of Agincourt nearly 600 years ago, but they’re not sore losers. The French are hosting a reenactment of the clash with England this weekend. More than ...
Legend says the Battle of Agincourt was won by stalwart English archers. It was not. In the end it was won by men using lead-weighted hammers, poleaxes, mauls and falcon-beaks, the ghastly ...
On the dank evening of October 24, 1415, the French had every reason for confidence. Their force of 20,000 soldiers was four times that of the perfidious English invaders under King Henry V. Henry’s ...
Agincourt is a village in northern France, about 20 miles from the Atlantic seacoast. With a population of just over 300 people, it would barely register on the world’s consciousness, except for one ...
The Battle of Agincourt is often heralded as one of the greatest English military victories. Here are ten reasons why King Henry V's army was able to defeat a French force four times its size By ...
Following two recent historical studies of English King Henry V’s improbable military victory on a muddy French farm in 1415, it is not surprising a historical novel would appear to tell the story in ...
So King Henry V, as Shakespeare imagined it, inspires his troops before battle. The stirring words are now a part of English culture, celebrating our national sense of pride, sacrifice, patriotism and ...
Historical enemies are uniting to protest against the building of massive wind turbines near the site of the battle of Agincourt. Parties from both sides of the channel have moved to condemn the idea ...
The New Fortune Theatre Company has opened its doors with an outstanding production of Shakespeare’s Henry V. The play describes one of England’s most illustrious victories: the Battle of Agincourt ...