Quote Originally Posted by Beirut
Feel free to elaborate. I would enjoy to hear your thoughts on the matter.
I do think that Agincourt has benefited over the years from better PR - that Shakespere fellow has a lot to answer for - there is no doubt that it was a magnificent victory, but it had more to do with the crass stupidity of the french repeating the mistakes of Crecy and Poitiers - i.e. frontally charging the well supported longbowmen - and doing it across a muddy swamp. I suppose it was the strategic outcome of the 3 battles which I am judging the battles on. Crecy set the tone for the English dominance of the majority of the Hundred years war, poitiers lead to the financial ruin of france and the english dominance for the following years, whereas the outcome of Agincourt was inconsequential - admittingly in part due to henry 5 dying - so Agincourt feels like a swan song whereas the other 2 battles had significant lasting impacts.