[Saije]

Historians...what do they know?

"And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day..."

[Riley]

Anybody else fond of Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V film interpretation?

[MNJohnnie]

Ms Curry is one of those fashionable Leftists “revisionist” historians who feels it is important to debunk all the historic “myths” of paternalistic Western Civ. Her analysis is being shapely challenged by other Historians.

[oldbill]

THe same people who will be writing about Obama’s “Victory in Afghanistan”.

[fhayek]

My recollection was that the battle of Agincourt proved the tactical superiority of well trained lowbowmen, whose skill could take down knights in armor from a safe distance. The longbow, propelling a metal tipped arrow, pierced the knight’s armor. The carnage was the beginning of the end for the mounted knight in armor.

[BenLurkin]

Too many historians are intent on proving a thesis before they begin their research.

[Kozak]

...Agincourt’s status as perhaps the greatest victory against overwhelming odds in military history

Cannae. Hannibal was outnumbered 3 to 1 and STILL managed a perfect double envelopment leading to the slaughter of 60,000 Romans. Still taught at West Point as the perfect battle plan and execution.

[stylecouncilor]

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[SunkenCiv]

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