Battle of Agincourt
About Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected victory of the vastly outnumbered English troops against the French army boosted English morale and prestige, crippled France, and started a new period of English dominance in the war. That advantage lasted for 14 years, until England was defeated by France in 1429 during the Siege of Orléans.
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Longbows were the things that really clinched the Battle of Agincourt; a medieval archer could fire at least 10 arrows a minute, and there were 5,000 archers on the English side.
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More facts about Battle of Agincourt
Agincourt is extremely well known in Britain, but in France it is barely taught and not famous at all.
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The Battle of Agincourt only lasted maybe half an hour.
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The University of Southampton runs a website with a list of everyone they could find who was fighting at Agincourt.
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On the Agincourt list there was a Thomas Sadler who really was a saddler, a John Horsey who was a knight, and a Matthew Boa who was an archer.
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