Agincourt

Henry V’s 1415 invasion of France began with the costly siege of Harfleur and continued with a march toward Calais by an army weakened by sickness and shortage. A French force blocked the English route near Agincourt on 25 October, creating the confrontation that became the most famous victory of Henry’s reign. Corrigan follows the campaign, deployment and close fighting on the constricted, rain-soaked field.

The study sets the longbow and the destruction of French men-at-arms within the wider problems of command, terrain, discipline and political division in France. It also looks beyond the celebrated victory to Henry’s continuing campaigns and the fragile settlement that followed, showing why Agincourt transformed the king’s reputation without bringing a permanent end to the Hundred Years’ War.