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UNINA9910797233903321 |
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Curry Anne |
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Agincourt / / Anne Curry |
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-150278-2 |
0-19-150277-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415 |
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 - Campaigns - France |
Military art and science - Europe - History - 15th century |
France History, Military 1328-1589 |
Great Britain History, Military 1066-1485 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Great Battles: Agincourt""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1: Introduction""; ""2: Agincourt: The Battle in Context""; ""Preparations""; ""The Campaign""; ""The Battle""; ""The Killing of the Prisoners and the Aftermath of the Battle""; ""A Decisive Battle?""; ""3: 'The Noble Beginning' or 'The Accursed Day'? Early Interpretations""; ""England: The Noble Beginning""; ""France: The Accursed Day""; ""4: �Alarms and Excursions�: The Enduring Influence of Shakespeare�s Agincourt"" |
""Sixteenth-Century Histories and the Battle of Agincourt""""Shakespeare�s Agincourt Created""; ""Shakespeare�s Agincourt Replayed""; ""Olivier�s Agincourt (1944)""; ""Branagh�s Agincourt (1989)""; ""Conclusion""; ""5: �France�s Bane and England�s Glory! �Agincourt, War, and National Identity""; ""The Seventeenth Century""; ""The Eighteenth Century""; ""The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars""; ""1815�1914""; ""The First World War""; ""6: �Agincourt PLC�: Traditions, Myths, and Creations""; ""Agincourt Ancestors and the Search for Gentility""; ""The Welsh"" |
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""The V-Sign""""Agincourt Objects and Legends""; ""The Created Agincourt""; ""Literature""; ""Art""; ""Music""; ""What�s in a Name?""; ""7: �Rival Experts Prepare To Do Battle over Agincourt�""; ""Agincourt Research""; ""The Battlefield""; ""Commemoration""; ""8: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Bibliography""; ""Picture Acknowledgements""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Agincourt (1415) is an exceptionally famous battle, one that has generated a huge and enduring cultural legacy in the six hundred years since it was fought. Everybody thinks they know what the battle was about. Even John Lennon, aged 12, wrote a poem and drew a picture headed 'Agincourt'. But why and how has Agincourt come to mean so much, to so many? Why do so many people claim their ancestors served at the battle? Is the Agincourt of popular image the real Agincourt, or is our idea of the battle simply taken from Shakespeare's famous depiction of it? Written by the world's leading expert on |
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