A new Netflix film depicting the Battle of Agincourt has caused consternation across the Channel, amid claims that it is historically inaccurate and “anti-French”. The Shakesperian telling of ...
and unite the French and English monarchies. Keegan sums up the Battle of Agincourt as “a victory of the weak over the strong, of the common soldier over the mounted knight, of resolution over ...
The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...
AN EX-Nato commander has blasted woke Navy chiefs for renaming a submarine to avoid upsetting the French. HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by ...
A medieval document shining light on events surrounding Agincourt and Harfleur is to be put up for sale. Dated 16 September 1415, the manuscript in French describes "action, peril, and danger" at ...
The longbow was incredibly powerful and could sometimes kill armoured knights and their ... to cause major damage to the French. The English victory at Agincourt against a numerically superior ...
Perhaps someone in Whitehall received a verbal thrashing from our French friends when they discovered that the latest Astute Class submarine was to be named HMS Agincourt, adding insult to the injury ...