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The siege of Harfleur (18 August – 22 September 1415) was conducted by the English army of King Henry V in Normandy, France, during the Hundred Years' War. The defenders of Harfleur surrendered to the English on terms and were treated as prisoners of war. It was the first time that an English army made significant use of gunpowder artillery ...
The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt , which fell on Saint Crispin's Day , Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious.
The Life of Henry the Fifth, often shortened to Henry V, is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England , focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War .
Henry V is a 1989 British historical drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh in his feature directorial debut, based on William Shakespeare's history play of the same name. It stars Branagh in the title role of King Henry V of England , with Paul Scofield , Derek Jacobi , Ian Holm , Brian Blessed , Emma Thompson , Alec McCowen , Judi ...
Henry V is a character in the comic series The Hammer Man in the BBC comic strip The Victor featuring him as the commander of the hero, Chell Paddock. King Henry V is a character in the video game Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War and also in the Age of Empires II: The Conquerors in which he was featured as a paladin.
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415, by Sir John Gilbert in the 19th century. Despite advancing through what the French monk of Saint Denis described as "a terrifying hail of arrow shot", the plate armour of the French men-at-arms allowed them to close the distance to the English lines after the English longbowmen started shooting ...
On his English accession in 1413, Henry V pacified the realm by conciliating the remaining enemies of the House of Lancaster, and suppressing the heresy of the Lollards. In 1415, Henry V invaded France and captured Harfleur. Decimated by diseases, Henry's army marched to Calais to withdraw from the French campaign.
The book chronicles the life of Henry V of England. [5] The books covers the period from Henry's accession in 1413 to 1416. [6] References to Sir John Oldcastle being still alive indicate that it was written before 1418.