Azincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated 12 miles north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. It is often erroneously known as Agincourt in English, as the village had never been called as such throughout its history, however, there is a village that is named "Agincourt", located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in Eastern France.
Site of the battle of Azincourt
The battlefield today
Commemorative monument near the battlefield
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.
