The chival rous knights who came over with the Conqueror, the nobles who fought at Neville's Cross and Crecy and Agincourt, were, for the most part, the merciless tyrants of their serfs and ...

Agincourt 1415 and Waterloo 1815 Dr John Sadler, a lecturer in war studies, is your guide on Agincourt & Crécy: The 600th Anniversary Tour , run by the Cultural Experience (0345 475 1815 ...

The battle of Agincourt was fought on a muddy field in northern France 600 years ago on Sunday – St Crispin’s Day, October 25th 1415. Kings, princes, dukes and nobles abounded on either side.

The English longbow was renowned for its potency and archers played a critical role in famous English military victories, including the battles of Agincourt and Crecy.

Agincourt was well-known long before Shakespeare made it immortal, yet even so there were those other great triumphs like Poitiers and Crecy, so why Agincourt?

At Agincourt, each arrow was a quarter of a pound, travelling at 120mph. The 5,000 archer salvo was more powerful than a battleship’s broadside.” The medieval archer could draw a 200lb bow.

Instead, Azincourt became Agincourt with ballads, histories and plays written to celebrate the heroism of Henry V. He would later be immortalised by Shakespeare in his 1599 play, King Henry V.

It has none of the ring of an Agincourt or a Crecy. Probably that is because England lost it. But the battle of 27 July 1214 was just as significant as England's later victories over the French.

Medieval arrows caused injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds, according to archaeologists analysing newly-discovered human remains. The bones, recovered from a Dominican friary in Exeter, show ...