Brief History of the Battle of Agincourt
There can be few military victories so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V on 25 October 1415 against Charles VI''s army at Agincourt. In the words of one contemporary French chronicler, it was the ''most disgraceful event that had ever happened to the Kingdom of France''.
Christopher Hibbert''s wonderfully concise account draws on the unusual number of contemporar...
There can be few military victories so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V on 25 October 1415 against Charles VI''s army at Agincourt. In the words of one contemporary French chronicler, it was the ''most disgraceful event that had ever happened to the Kingdom of France''.
Christopher Hibbert''s wonderfully concise account draws on the unusual number of contemporar...
