The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations (Warfare in History, 10) Hardcover - 2000
by Curry, Anne
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- Title The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations (Warfare in History, 10)
- Author Curry, Anne
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 490
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Boydell Press, Woodbridge
- Date 2000-10-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ00U8X0_ns
- ISBN 9780851158020 / 0851158021
- Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.06 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.69 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00042919
- Dewey Decimal Code 944.025
From the jacket flap
So began a ballad of around 1600. Since the event itself (25 October 1415), Agincourt has occupied a special place in both English and French consciousness. Some early French writers could not bring themselves to mention it by name, using instead descriptions such as 'the accursed day'. For the English, it was one of the greatest military successes ever, and thus was celebrated and commemorated in many forms over the centuries which followed. In the First World War, there were stories of angelic Agincourt bowmen giving support and inspiration to the British army.
Much ink has been spilt on the battle but do we really know Agincourt? Many historical works have relied on one or two well known sources or even on Shakespeare. Not since Harris Nicolas's History of the Battle of Agincourt was published (1827-33) has there been a full attempt to survey the sources. This book brings together, in translation and with commentary, English and French narrative accounts and literary works of the fifteenth century. It also traces the treatment of the battle in sixteenth -century English histories and in the literary output of, amongst others, Shakespeare and Drayton. After examining how later historians interpreted the battle, it concludes with the first full assessment of the extremely rich administrative records which survive for the armies which fought 'upon Saint Crispin's day'.