Azincourt
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Azincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated 19 kilometres north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges.
Site of the battle of Azincourt
The battlefield today
Commemorative monument near the battlefield
Battle of Agincourt
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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 victory of the vastly outnumbered English
Azincourt
…northern France. It is situated 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. The Late Medieval Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place in the commune in 1415. The name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name…
Monumental brass of an English knight wearing armour at the time of Agincourt (Sir Maurice Russell (d. 1416), St Peter's Church, Dyrham, Gloucestershire)
1833 reconstruction of the banners flown by the armies at Agincourt
Miniature depicting the battle from Vigiles du roi Charles VII