| Description |
xii, 140 pages : 1 illustration ; 26 cm |
| ISBN |
9781138495968 hardback |
| Note |
"The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Medieval History, volume 43, issue 1 (February 2017)." --Page vii. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Agincourt in context : war on land and sea / Rémy Ambühl and Craig Lambert -- The military careerist in fourteenth-century England / Andrew Ayton -- Henry V and the crossing to France : reconstructing naval operations for the Agincourt campaign, 1415 / Craig Lambert -- To Agincourt and beyond! The martial affinity of Edward of Langley, second duke of York (c.1373-1415) / Gary Paul Baker -- 'The scourge of the stones' : English gunpowder artillery at the siege of Harfleur / Dan Spencer -- Henry V and the administration of justice : the surrender of Meaux (May 1422) / Rémy Ambühl -- The posthumous knighting of Dafydd Gam / Adam Chapman -- 'Then a great misfortune befell them' : the laws of war on surrender and the killing of prisoners on the battlefield in the Hundred Years War / Andy King -- Another 1415 : Portugal's military landscape at the time of Agincourt / João Gouveia Monteiro, Miguel Gomes Martins and Tiago Viúla de Faria. |
| Summary |
"This book investigates the Battle of Agincourt--which continues to be of immense national and international interest--as well as the wider conduct and organisation of war in the late Middle Ages. In England, Shakespeare's Henry V ensured that the battle holds a place in the English national consciousness, and through the centuries that followed the story of Henry's famous victory was used to galvanise English national spirit in times of war. In France, the immediate impact of the battle was that it helped to galvanise French national awareness in response to an external enemy. This book showcases new research into Agincourt and the wider issues of military recruitment, naval logistics, gunpowder and siege warfare, and the conduct of war. It also takes a wider European perspective on the events of 1415 by including research on Portuguese military organisation at the time of Agincourt. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Medieval History. " -- Provided by publisher. |
| Library Class |
History LH260
|
| Subject |
Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415.
|
| Other Author |
Ambühl, Rémy, editor.
|
|
Lambert, Craig L., editor.
|
|
