The "Agincourt Carol" is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Facsimile of the "Agincourt Carol" in the Trinity Carol Roll (Trinity MS O.3.58)
Facsimile of the Selden Carol Book version of the "Agincourt Carol" (15th century). Oxford, Bodleian Library, Manuscript Archives
The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numerically superior French army boosted English morale and prestige, crippled France, and started a new period of English dominance in the war that would last for 14 years until England was defeated by France in 1429 during the Siege of Orléans.
The Battle of Agincourt, 15th-century miniature, Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Monumental brass of an English knight wearing armour at the time of Agincourt (Sir Maurice Russell (d. 1416), Dyrham Church, Gloucestershire)
1833 reconstruction of the banners flown by the armies at Agincourt
Miniature from Vigiles du roi Charles VII. The battle of Azincourt 1415.
