AGINCOURT


Meaning of AGINCOURT in English

a battle fought in northern France in 1415, between the French and the English under King Henry V . Though there were many more French soldiers, the English won and were then in a strong position to take much of France. Agincourt is especially remembered because it forms an important part of Shakespeare’s play Henry V .

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