A village of northern France west-northwest of Arras. On October 25, 1415, Henry V of England decisively defeated a much larger French army here. The victory showed the effectiveness of troops equipped with longbows over heavily armored knights.
Agincourt
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A village of northern France west-northwest of Arras. On October 25, 1415, Henry V of England decisively defeated a much larger French army here. The victory showed the effectiveness of troops equipped with longbows over heavily armored knights.
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Agincourt (äzhăNkūr'), modern Fr. Azincourt, village, Pas-de-Calais dept., N France. There, during the Hundred Years War, Henry V of England with some 6,000 men defeated a French army six times that size on Oct. 25, 1415. His success, which was due mainly to the superiority of the masses of English longbow men over the heavily armored French knights, demonstrated the obsolescence of the methods of warfare of the age of chivalry. The victory enabled the English to conquer much of France. The battle is the central scene of Shakespeare's drama Henry V.
Bibliography
See J. Barker, Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England (2006).
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a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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Agincourt can refer to:
- Azincourt, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France
- Battle of Agincourt, 1415, part of the Hundred Years War.
- The Agincourt Carol, an English folk song composed not long after the battle.
- Azincourt, A novel by Bernard Cornwell
- Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a commune of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in northeastern France
- Agincourt, Ontario, a community in Scarborough
- Agincourt GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community
- HMS Agincourt, several ships of the Royal Navy named after the battle
- Agincourt (band), a 1960s British band
- Agincourt, an 1844 book by George Payne Rainsford James
- Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England, an 2006 book by Juliet Barker
- Agincourt (Pengjia Islet), an islet located north of Taiwan.
See also
- Agencourt, Côte-d'Or, France
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- Agincourt Song (music)
- Henry V (King of England)
- battle of Baugé
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- Boucicaut (French military leader)
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- Edward of York York
- N(?icholas) Sturgeon (music)
- John Cooke (Classical Artist)
- Jean-Patrice Brosse (Classical Musician)
- Walter Leigh (Classical Album)
- Georges de La Trémoille (French statesman)
- Medieval Warfare: Agincourt - King Henry's Triumph (2001 History Film)
- duc d'Charles Orléans (French royalty & poet)
