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king steven
06-21-2004, 01:50
me info on agincourt
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Gregoshi
06-21-2004, 05:51
Try the Monastery king steven. Also, is there any particular reason you need this information? The purpose of the request might help focus the information from those in the know.

king steven
06-21-2004, 14:22
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ June 20 2004,23:51)]Try the Monastery king steven. Also, is there any particular reason you need this information? The purpose of the request might help focus the information from those in the know.
not really, i'm just intrigued

ah_dut
06-21-2004, 17:42
good link (http://www.geocities.com/beckster05/Agincourt/AgBattle.html)

ah_dut
06-21-2004, 17:52
You could also get the Osprey book on it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

king steven
06-25-2004, 12:33
Quote[/b] (ah_dut @ June 21 2004,11:52)]You could also get the Osprey book on it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
what is & where can i find this book http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Marquis de Said
06-25-2004, 12:46
@king steven

If you are really interested in Agincourt, then you might want to read about the Hundred Years' War. It's full of cool battles besides Agincourt, like Crécy and Poitiers and Joan of Arc's campaign against the English. Terrible slaughter, plotting, intrigue, terrible slaughter, pillaging and terrible slaughter.

If you go to any large bookshop (Borders, Waterstone's) and go to the history section, you should be able to find a lot of books on English history, including the Hundred Years' War and Agincourt. (You live in Britain, right?) Or you can try to go on Amazon and find a book there, but personally I'd rather have a look at the book first before I buy it.

I hope this helps.

Marquis

king steven
06-25-2004, 13:11
Quote[/b] (Marquis de Said @ June 25 2004,06:46)]If you go to any large bookshop (Borders, Waterstone's) and go to the history section, you should be able to find a lot of books on English history, including the Hundred Years' War and Agincourt. (You live in Britain, right?)
i do in did http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

king steven
07-01-2004, 18:24
Quote[/b] (Marquis de Said @ June 25 2004,06:46)]If you are really interested in Agincourt, then you might want to read about the Hundred Years' War. It's full of cool battles besides Agincourt, like Crécy and Poitiers and Joan of Arc's campaign against the English.
can u give the names of these books please

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Despot of the English
07-01-2004, 18:38
Go to ospreypublishing.com
They have got all the books you could possibly need including the Agincourt campaign as well as the armies who fought in it.

king steven
07-01-2004, 18:43
thank u my good man http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

Despot of the English
07-01-2004, 18:48
I love osprey books. One of these days I'd love to own the lot from the ancient and medieval periods. My collection is gradually growing http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif .

Spartiate
07-05-2004, 18:56
Agincourt in a nutshell.


1. English army shows up
2. French army shows up
3. English Knights dismount
4. French Knights get ready to charge
5. new English longbowmen take aim.
6. French Knights charge.
7. 4000 French Knights never reach the English lines

Only kidding,but seriously this was the battle that hammered home to all that the day of the armoured charge from horse-back was almost at an end and that the much cheaper (and previously looked down upon) archers were now the most dangerous force on the battle-field(if protected).After this battle the French immediately cut the first two fingers from the right hand of every English archer they caught even if they intended offering them back in exchange for other prisoners so that they could never fire a bow again.
Also the famous two fingered salute began at this time(symbolic of drawing a bow back to fire. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Lord Armbandit
07-05-2004, 19:20
And to show those dashed frenchies that they hadn't cut these fingers off yet

Maeda Toshiie
07-06-2004, 04:24
Prime reason why the French did not win (the first charge did hit the English lines) was due to the mud (rain and freshly plouged field). The English longbows were over-credited and the English army was already sick and hungry when the battle was fought.

Beetlio
07-06-2004, 18:21
Go and see Shakespeares Henry V Or was that Crecy, I forget. One of thet bard's best I feel, but like all of his English plays, is slightly jingoistic and not very historically accurate. One of the best accounts of the battle is from French Knight Jehan de Wahivrin, which is surprisingly unbiased. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Maeda Toshiie
07-06-2004, 18:35
Go and see Shakespeares Henry V Or was that Crecy, I forget.

Correct. Henry V for the battle of Agincourt. Crecy was fought by the Black Prince and his father King Edward.

Darth Binky
07-06-2004, 18:37
Quote[/b] ]After this battle the French immediately cut the first two fingers from the right hand of every English archer they caught even if they intended offering them back in exchange for other prisoners so that they could never fire a bow again.
Gasp

Another victim of the urban legend http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

Maeda Toshiie
07-07-2004, 04:35
Then what about that mooning incident at Crecy? Is that an urban legend as well?

Darth Binky
07-07-2004, 04:50
Well, apparently that did happen, but at Caen, which was shortly before Crecy.

But the whole archer finger thing from Agincourt is an old urban legend which gets repeated a lot.