Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh, Royal Fellowship of Death

Video Title :	Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh, Royal Fellowship of Death
Description :	Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh, "Royal Fellowship of Death" Chapter: Battle Won (Agincourt) Chant/Song: Non nobis .. Te Deum Shakespeare play. Although Shakespeare penned this work nearly two hundred years after the Battle of Agincourt (1415), it remains the finest dramatic interpretation of what leadership meant to the men in the Middle Ages. Prior to the Battle, Henry V had led his English footmen across Northwestern France, seizing Calais and other cities in an attempt to win back holds in France that had once been in English possession and to claim the French crown through the obscure but powerful Salig Law. The French, aware of Henry's troops weaking condition because of their distance from England and the attacks of dysentery that had plagued the dwindling band, moved between King Henry and Calais, the port he needed to reach in order to return to England. The troops followed Henry's band along the rivers, preventing their crossing and daring them to a battle they thought they could not win. The English knights fought on foot after the manner devised by Edward III. Archers were to be used in support, the English and Welsh longbows having established their credentials both at Crecy (1347) and at Poiters (1356). But here the French seemed to have sufficient numbers to deal with even this threat, and they refused to allow Henry pass, angered by the English seizure of the cities. Morale in the English line as they looked upon the overwhelming force of heavily armoured, highly skilled French knights must have been extremely low. King Henry, rising to the occasion, spoke words of encouragement that rallied the English troops and carried them to a victory. As a result of the victory the French Princess Catherine was betrothed to Henry V, and France and England were at peace for the remainder of Henry's short life. He perished of dysentery in 1422, but was survived by his son (Henry VI) and was buried at Westminster Abbey, close to the shrine of Edward the Confessor.
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as I see it, the Tudors were the next to english kings (ok, actually half welsh, for their non-Beaufort-part was welsh) after 1066 - before you'll had a mixture of plantagenet, d'anjou or de valois or name it what ever .... but then after all, france and germany were one once again, too (under Karl ...), so the question who conquered whom and when is pretty silly, for the time of nations is round about 500 years away, back there in the 1300'ies

"Battle of La Brossinière" (1423) 1400 english killed for only...one French !!!

HAHA your funny such a hypocrite, you say the Normans are French because they had been their for a long time and spoke french, however when Normans come to England they ae still French no matter how long they stay their?, gimp

Well so what, the French was influenced by Latin for it is a romance language, among Spanish, Italian, Romanian and i cant remember the others at this present time.

Can someone help me out here, does 5 and 20 mean 520 or does it mean like a set of numbers? like 5 means five sets of 20 etc , can someone plz tell me thankyou =)

they mean what they say - i.e. 5 is 5 so "five and twenty" means 25 - hope that helps :).

Thx i always thought it meant 520, thankyou for clearing that up =)

Watch on Youtube the video "England, colony of France". You'll see how the french lords have colonised, ruled and modernized England during centuries...

lahire081 why do you bother? it's obvious you will never convince English people of this stuff and similarly they will never convince you - do you like the arguments or what? I'll throw you a bone here though, French has had a huge influence on English language and I'm relativly pleased about that as French is a nice language. Country's often pick up words from niebours so not unusual, English is after all a bastard of a whole load of languages. French Speaking Normans helped of course... :)

I just bring historical facts to MkCorner. You seem to be balanced...he doesn't !