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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: Battle of Agincourt, Crossbow, English longbow, Yeoman, Mounted archery, History of crossb...

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: Battle of Agincourt, Crossbow, English longbow, Yeoman, Mounted archery, History of crossbows, Yabusame, Yumi, Mongol bow, Stone wrist-guard, Battle of Jaxartes, Archers, Toxophilus, Archer's stake, The Witchery of Archery, Thumb ring, Scorton Arrow, Turkish bow, Archery butts, Gorytos, Society of Archers, The Archer's Craft. Excerpt: The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day, November 3 NS), near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France. Henry V's victory crippled France and started a new period in the war, during which Henry married the French king's daughter and his son, Henry VI, was made heir to the throne of France (although Henry VI failed to capitalize on his father's battlefield success). Henry V led his troops into battle and participated in hand-to-hand fighting. The French king of the time, Charles VI, did not command the French army himself as he suffered from severe, repeating illnesses and moderate mental incapacitation. Instead, the French were commanded by Constable Charles d'Albret and various prominent French noblemen of the Armagnac party. The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which Henry used in very large numbers, with English and Welsh archers forming most of his army. The battle is also the centrepiece of the play Henry V, by William Shakespeare. Henry V invaded France following the failure of negotiations with the French. He claimed the title of King of France through his great-grandfather Edward III, although in practice the English kings were generally prepared to renounce this claim if the French would acknowledge the English claim on Aquitaine and other French lands (the terms of the Treaty of Bretigny). He initially called a great council in the spring of 1414 to discuss going to war with France, but the lords insisted that he should negotiate further and moderate his claims. In the following negotiations Henry said that he would give up his claim to the French throne if the French would pay the 1.6 million crowns outstanding from the ransom of John II (who had been captured at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356), and concede English ownership of the lands of Normandy, Touraine, Anjou, Brittany and Flande

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History of archery

Sous-titre :

Battle of Agincourt, Crossbow, English longbow, Yeoman, Mounted archery, History of crossbows, Yabusame, Yumi, Mongol bow, Stone wrist-guard, Battle of Jaxartes, Archers, Toxophilus, Archer's stake, The Witchery of Archery, Thumb ring

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9781157602880

ISBN:

978-1-157-60288-0

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Editeur:

Books LLC, Reference Series

Genre:

Histoire

Parution:

19.04.2012