Battle of Agincourt Conquest of France", raising the popular prominence of particular events mentioned only in passing by the original chroniclers, such as the gift of tennis balls before the campaign. The most famous cultural depiction of the battle today is William Shakespeare's "Henry V", written in 1599. The play focuses on the pressures of kingship, the tensions between how a king should "appear" – chivalric, honest, and just – and how a king must sometimes "act" – Machiavellian and ruthless. Shakespeare illustrates these tensions by depicting Henry's decision to kill some of the French prisoners, whilst attempting to justify it and distance
Agincourt Collegiate Institute Agincourt Collegiate Institute Agincourt Collegiate Institute (known locally as ACI or Agincourt) is a secondary school located in Agincourt, a neighbourhood in the Scarborough area of Toronto, Ontario owned and operated by the Toronto District School Board that was sanctioned by the Scarborough Board of Education prior to merger in 1998. The school, founded in 1915 as Agincourt Continuation School to provide part of the then secondary schooling in the area (final years or junior/senior matriculation were done in Markham High School until 1930). school was renamed Agincourt High School in 1954, and Agincourt Collegiate Institute in 1957. A.C.I is