Agincourt

Dr Michael Livingston teaches the military and cultural history of the Middle Ages at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. He is the author of Medieval Warfare, The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook, winner of the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History, Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021) and Crécy: Battle of Five Kings (Osprey, 2021).

This astonishing book fixes the myth of Agincourt and adds to our understanding of what led to that slaughteryard of horrors, atrocities, and, for at least one side, unforgettable glories.

• ForewordList of IllustrationsList of MapsIntroduction: We Happy FewPART ONE: TWO BEGINNINGS1. Shrewsbury and Scars, 21 July 1403 2. Assassination and Madness, 13 June 1392 PART TWO: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR3. Crécy and the Model Glory, 1337–77 4. Young Kings, 1377–99 5. Civil Wars, 1399–1415 PART THREE: THE AGINCOURT CAMPAIGN6. The Siege of Harfleur, 13 August–22 September 7. Edward’s Footsteps, 23 September–15 October 8. Days of Desperation, 16–23 October PART FOUR: LOCATING AGINCOURT9. Finding Agincourt 10. Reaching Agincourt, 24 October 11. Testing the Tradition PART FIVE: THE BATTLE12. The Morning, 25 October13. The Battle, 25 October 14. The Days After, 1415–22 Suggested Reading and AcknowledgementsEndnotesIndex