What is the Battle of agincourt?

Question

Who is in the battle? When did this happen? Where? What weapons were used and who used what weapons? What tactics were used, and by whom? Who won the batle of agincourt?

Answer 1

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415, (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War during a rainy day. The combatants were the English army of King Henry V and that of Charles VI of France. The latter was not commanded by the incapacitated king himself, but by the Constable Charles d'Albret and various notable French noblemen of the Armagnac party. The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which helped the English compensate for their inferior numbers. The battle was also immortalised (and somewhat fictionalised) by William Shakespeare as the centrepiece of his play

Answer 2

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415, (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War during a rainy day. The combatants were the English army of King Henry V and that of Charles VI of France. The latter was not commanded by the incapacitated king himself, but by the Constable Charles d'Albret and various notable French noblemen of the Armagnac party. The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which helped the English compensate for their inferior numbers. The battle was also immortalised (and somewhat fictionalised) by William Shakespeare as the centrepiece of his play Henry V.

Answer 3

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415, (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War during a rainy day. The combatants were the English army of King Henry V and that of Charles VI of France. The latter was not commanded by the incapacitated king himself, but by the Constable Charles d'Albret and various notable French noblemen of the Armagnac party. The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which helped the English compensate for their inferior numbers. The battle was also immortalised (and somewhat fictionalised) by William Shakespeare as the centrepiece of his play Henry V.

About 6,000 (but see 'Modern re-assessment'). 4/5 longbowmen, 1/5 dismounted men-at-arms. Between 20,000 and 30,000 (but see 'Modern re-assessment'). Estimated to be 1/6 crossbowmen and archers, 1/2 dismounted men-at-arms, 1/3 mounted knights.

Answer 4

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415, (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War during a rainy day. The combatants were the English army of King Henry V and that of Charles VI of France. The latter was not commanded by the incapacitated king himself, but by the Constable Charles d'Albret and various notable French noblemen of the Armagnac party. The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which helped the English compensate for their inferior numbers. The battle was also immortalised (and somewhat fictionalised) by William Shakespeare as the centrepiece of his play Henry V.

HENRY V invaded France for several reasons. He hoped that by fighting a popular foreign war, he would strengthen his position at home. He wanted to improve his finances by gaining revenue-producing lands. He also wanted to take nobles prisoner either for ransom or to extort money from the French king in exchange for their return.
Henry and his troops were marching to Calais to embark for England when he was intercepted by forces outnumbering his own.

The battle was fought in the defile (gorge) formed by the wood of Agincourt (close to the modern village of Azincourt) and that of Tramecourt. The army was positioned by d'Albret at the northern exit so as to bar the way to Calais. The night of 24 October was spent by the two armies on the ground, and the English had little shelter from the heavy rain.

Early on the 25th, Henry deployed his army (900 men-at-arms and 5,000 longbowmen) across a 750 yard part of the defile. It is probable that the English adopted their usual battle line of longbowmen on either flank, men-at-arms and knights in the centre, and at the very centre roughly 200 archers. The English men-at-arms in plate and mail were placed shoulder to shoulder four deep. The English archers on the flanks drove stakes into the ground in front of them to make cavalry veer off from the points. It has been argued that fresh men were brought in after the siege of Harfluer, however other historians argue that this is wrong, and that although 9,200 English left Harfleur, after more sickness set in, they were down to roughly 5,900 by the time of the battle.

Due to a lack of reliable sources it is impossible to give a precise figure for the French and English losses at Agincourt. What is clear though, is that in a battle where the English were considerably outnumbered, their final losses were much lower than those of the French.

The Battle of Agincourt did not result in Henry conquering France, but it did allow him to escape and renew the war two years later.

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Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt