Agincourt: How Mud, Men and the Longbow Turned the Tide

This episode examines the Battle of Agincourt, focusing on how muddy terrain, disciplined archers and strategic choices turned a numerically inferior English army into a victor against French cavalry. We sift contemporary chroniclers and modern scholarship to assess casualty figures, debate the killing of prisoners, and consider what the battle really meant for the Hundred Years' War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices