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Agincourt

Agincourt , 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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Agincourt Song

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Agincourt Song. A famous 15th-cent. Eng. song commemorating the victory at Agincourt in 1415, for 2 vv. and 3-part ch. Used by Walton in his film music for Henry V (1944).

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Agincourt, Battle of

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Agincourt, Battle of a battle in northern France in 1415 during the Hundred Years War, in which the English under Henry V defeated a large French army. The victory, achieved largely by use of the longbow, allowed Henry to occupy Normandy and consolidate his claim to the French throne.

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