04321nam 2200673 450 991079723390332120230124193053.00-19-150278-20-19-150277-4(CKB)3710000000432995(EBL)2077081(OCoLC)916904414(SSID)ssj0001535415(PQKBManifestationID)11926590(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001535415(PQKBWorkID)11500519(PQKB)10721335(MiAaPQ)EBC2077081(Au-PeEL)EBL2077081(CaPaEBR)ebr11068168(CaONFJC)MIL802674(EXLCZ)99371000000043299520150704h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgincourt /Anne CurryOxford, England :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (273 p.)Great BattlesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-968102-3 0-19-968101-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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: â€?Alarms and Excursionsâ€?: The Enduring Influence of Shakespeareâ€?s Agincourt""""Sixteenth-Century Histories and the Battle of Agincourt""""Shakespeareâ€?s Agincourt Created""; ""Shakespeareâ€?s Agincourt Replayed""; ""Olivierâ€?s Agincourt (1944)""; ""Branaghâ€?s Agincourt (1989)""; ""Conclusion""; ""5: â€?Franceâ€?s Bane and Englandâ€?s Glory! â€?Agincourt, War, and National Identity""; ""The Seventeenth Century""; ""The Eighteenth Century""; ""The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars""; ""1815â€?1914""; ""The First World War""; ""6: â€?Agincourt PLCâ€?: Traditions, Myths, and Creations""; ""Agincourt Ancestors and the Search for Gentility""; ""The Welsh""""The V-Sign""""Agincourt Objects and Legends""; ""The Created Agincourt""; ""Literature""; ""Art""; ""Music""; ""Whatâ€?s in a Name?""; ""7: â€?Rival Experts Prepare To Do Battle over Agincourtâ€?""; ""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""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 onGreat battles (Oxford University Press)Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453CampaignsFranceMilitary art and scienceEuropeHistory15th centuryFranceHistory, Military1328-1589Great BritainHistory, Military1066-1485Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415.Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453CampaignsMilitary art and scienceHistory944.025Curry Anne1143073MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797233903321Agincourt3781251UNINA