Ebook: Agincourt: Myth and Reality 1415-2015

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Anne Curry; Introduction; Chapter 1: Location; Chapter 2: English Victory or French Defeat?; Chapter 3: The General and the Army; Chapter 4: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5: Who Started It?; Chapter 6: Kingdom and Capital; Chapter 7: Strategy, Tactics & Morale; Chapter 8: The Memory of Agincourt; Chapter 9: A Decisive Battle?; Chapter 10: History, Legend & Myth; Conclusion: From Bannockburn to Agincourt, 2014-2015; Notes; Bibliography; Index.;The overwhelming victory of Henry V's English army at Agincourt in October 1415 has passed into myth - as one of the defining events of the Hundred Years War against France, as a feat of arms outshining the previous famous English victories at Crécy and Poitiers, and as a milestone in English medieval history. This epic story of how an exhausted, outnumbered army, commanded by an inspirational leader, crushed a huge French force on French soil has given rise to legends and misconceptions that make it difficult for us to reach a clear understanding of what really happened on the battlefield.