A Wish for More Archers: Archers at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415
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Thesis, HonoursAuthor/s
Jacobs, Ryan KeithAbstract
A knight expressed the desire to his king that he would add to their small army ten thousand of the best archers in England. This thesis utilizes archaeology evidence, financial records, iconographic depictions, literary and chronicle sources to understand the men who fought at the battle of Agincourt within the larger context and traditions of archery in England, the interconnections between archers and men-at-arms and the particular actions of those men in the battle itself.A knight expressed the desire to his king that he would add to their small army ten thousand of the best archers in England. This thesis utilizes archaeology evidence, financial records, iconographic depictions, literary and chronicle sources to understand the men who fought at the battle of Agincourt within the larger context and traditions of archery in England, the interconnections between archers and men-at-arms and the particular actions of those men in the battle itself.
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2015-01-01Licence
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Department of HistoryShare