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The '''Battle of Agincourt''' took place on 25 October 1415 at [[Azincourt]], [[France]] and was a decisive and surprising English victory during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. Despite being vastly outnumbered, the English army inflicted | The '''Battle of Agincourt''' took place on 25 October 1415 at [[Azincourt]], [[France]] and was a decisive and surprising English victory during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. | ||
==Battle== | |||
Despite being vastly outnumbered, the [[English military|English army]] inflicted severe losses against the French by way of their [[Wales|Welsh]] longbow [[archer]]s raining scores of [[arrow]]s on the knights weighed down by heavy [[armor]] in the mud-soaked battlefield. The resulting tallies of French nobles captured or rendered casualties were so high that it drastically demoralized their nation for the next decade.<ref name="Wiki"/> | |||
==Aftermath and legacy== | |||
600 years after the French defeat, in October 2016, the [[Templars]]' [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]] member and [[Master Templar]] [[Simon Hathaway]] briefly mentioned the fight to [[Victoria Bibeau]] while they searched for an important battle that [[Jeanne d'Arc]] had participated in.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]'' – Chapter 26</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:16, 17 January 2024
The Battle of Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 at Azincourt, France and was a decisive and surprising English victory during the Hundred Years' War.
Battle[edit | edit source]
Despite being vastly outnumbered, the English army inflicted severe losses against the French by way of their Welsh longbow archers raining scores of arrows on the knights weighed down by heavy armor in the mud-soaked battlefield. The resulting tallies of French nobles captured or rendered casualties were so high that it drastically demoralized their nation for the next decade.[1]
Aftermath and legacy[edit | edit source]
600 years after the French defeat, in October 2016, the Templars' Inner Sanctum member and Master Templar Simon Hathaway briefly mentioned the fight to Victoria Bibeau while they searched for an important battle that Jeanne d'Arc had participated in.[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Heresy (indirect mention only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Battle of Agincourt on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Heresy – Chapter 26