Episode 29: Agincourt

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Above is an illustration of the Battle of Agincourt from a Manuscript of the Life of Charles VII. The battle of Agincourt has gone down in history as one of France’s worst defeats and opened a new phase in the Hundred Years War.

After years of rising tension between England and France, the ambitious new English King Henry V decided that an expedition to Normandy was the panacea for his domestic troubles. Meanwhile in France, the squabbles between Dauphin, the Armagnacs, and the Burgundians hamstrung efforts for a united defense of the kingdom.

Time Period Covered: 1415

Notable People: John the Fearless, Louis of Guyenne, Henry V of England, John Duke of Berry, Anthony of Burgundy Duke of Brabant, Philip of Burgundy Count of Nevers, Charles Duke of Orleans, Charles d’Albret Constable of France, Marshall Boucicaut, Bernard VII of Armagnac

Notable Events/Developments: Siege of Harcourt, Battle of Agincourt, Death of Louis of Guyenne

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The battle of Agincourt took place in a an open plain between two dense forests. The nature of the battlefield limited how effective the French's superior numbers were
The Battle of Agincourt took place in an open plain between two dense forests. The nature of the battlefield limited the numerical advantage that the French held. The English also stationed archers in the woods and protected them with sharpened stakes to allow them to constantly rain down arrows on the advancing French Men-at-Arms.

Sources

Great Battles: Agincourt by Anne Curry

The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations by Anne Curry

The Battle of Agincourt by Clifford J Rogers

Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England by Juliet Barker

John the Fearless by Richard Vaughan

The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings by Jonathan Sumption

The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet

Royal Intrigue Crisis at the Court of Charles VI 1392-1420 by R.C. Famiglietti

The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier

The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette

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