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Battle of Agincourt, St. Alban's Chronicle by Thomas Walsingham
The Battle of Agincourt.

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415 and was a major win for England against France in the Hundred Years' War. It led to several later English victories. Henry V of England led the English army and Constable of France Charles d'Albret led a larger French army. King Charles of France didn't engage because he was mentally unwell. Henry V was involved in hand to hand combat and was struck by an axe but his helmet saved him.

The English longbow was an important weapon for killing and winning this battle. It was more powerful than the French crossbow and they had more of them. The majority of the army were bowmen. The English army used sharp wooden archer's stakes to protect the archers from French mounted knights.

The English took prisoners but killed all except those of high rank. Overall the French lost 8000 men and the English lost 100 but historians are unsure of the actual numbers. The French mainly lost because they wore heavy armour and got stuck in the sticky mud at Azincourt (Agincourt).

Images for kids

  • Rubbing of the Dyrham brass, Saint Peter's Church, Dyrham, South Gloucestershire, England

    Monumental brass of an English knight wearing armour at the time of Agincourt (Sir Maurice Russell (d. 1416), Dyrham Church, Gloucestershire)

  • History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at arms in the English army (1833) (14586237139)

    1833 reconstruction of the banners flown by the armies at Agincourt

  • Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, 25th October 1415

    John Gilbert – The Morning of the Battle of Agincourt (1884), Guildhall Art Gallery

  • King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415

    King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415, by Sir John Gilbert in the 19th century.

  • Vigiles du roi Charles VII 57

    Miniature from Vigiles du roi Charles VII. The battle of Azincourt 1415.

  • King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt

    1915 depiction of Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt : The King wears on this surcoat the Royal Arms of England, quartered with the Fleur de Lys of France as a symbol of his claim to the throne of France.

  • Agincourtcarol

    The 15th century Agincourt Carol

  • Agincourt Memorial

    Agincourt Memorial

See also

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