Saw the same program. I also remember the computer-aided “traffic analysis” that they did to show how jammed up the French knights were. They were so jammed, the theory went, that they couldn’t employ their weapons and were easily taken prisoner by the English infantry — even the archers.
A lot of the French Knights were killed after the battle by their captors. Some say that this was evidence of a command failure on Henry’s part. Those Knights were worth a lot of ransome money if Henry could have gotten them in-hand. Instead the English yeoman just butchered them. It’s also possible that Henry didn’t want these knights repatriated when he knew he might have to fight them again.
“Those Knights were worth a lot of ransome money if Henry could have gotten them in-hand.”
I’ve been re-reading “A Distant Mirror” by Barbara Tuchman and ransoming Knights WAS a big business.
I was fascinated by the TV show and I seriously wouldn’t have wanted to be there in the lines.
Sounds like “Cowpens”.