Joan of Arc Museum, Orléans Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI In 1415 Henry won the Battle ... Photograph by Roger-Viollet, Cordon Press The Hundred Years’ War would continue for 22 years after ...
It was a spectacular win for the young English King Henry V on St. Crispin’s Day 1415. And everybody loves to see a win for the underdog, a victory for the common soldier over the well-armed knight.
The English victory at Agincourt against a numerically superior French army was a significant turning point in the Hundred Years’ War; the French had around 24,000 troops compared to England’s ...