Black Friday is around the corner – here are a few books that have just been released!
Agincourt 600 Celebrated with Pomp and Pageantry at Westminster Abbey
October 30, 2015 By
600 years ago, the bells of Westminster Abbey rang out as word arrived in London that Henry V had defeated the French in Agincourt. 600 years later to the very day, the bells pealed out again to commemorate a medieval battle where the English were vastly outnumbered but still came home victorious.
Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection
October 26, 2015 By
This week, historians around the world are gearing up to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Year’s War.
Free online course on the Battle of Agincourt begins in October
August 30, 2015 By
One of the leading experts on the famous Battle of Agincourt will be part of a free online course that begins on October 19th.
Wales marks 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt
July 1, 2015 By
The Welsh Government is highlighting the important role the country played in this historic event in honour of its 600th anniversary.
Special issue of Medieval Warfare: 1415 – The Battle of Agincourt
May 24, 2015 By
Take a look at this special issue of Medieval Warfare magazine, commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt
Rose without Thorn, Eagle without Feathers: Nation and Power in Late Medieval England and Germany
September 28, 2014 By
It is hard at times to take the Agincourt Carol entirely seriously. Patriotism of such brash exuberance seems more properly to belong in a brightly lit Laurence Olivier world of mid twentieth-century medievalism than amid the grim and tangled realities of fifteenth- century politics and war.
‘Kings were not wont to render account’ Henry IV and the Authority of the King
July 31, 2013 By
Henry travelled extensively, became famed throughout Christendom as a champion jouster, crusaded in Eastern Europe, and looked after his father’s holdings whilst John of Gaunt campaigned in Spain.3 It is impossible not to note that Henry Bolingbroke’s popularity continued to increase while Richard II’s declined.
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