Battle of Agincourt of the play "Henry V" by William Shakespeare. The Battle of Agincourt is well documented by at least seven contemporary accounts, three from eyewitnesses. The approximate location of the battle has never been in dispute and the place remains relatively unaltered after 600 years. Immediately after the battle, Henry summoned the heralds of the two armies who had watched the battle together with principal French herald Montjoie, and they settled on the name of the battle as Azincourt after the nearest fortified place. Two of the most frequently cited accounts come from Burgundian sources, one from Jean Le Fèvre de
Battle of Agincourt was just cause for war and not simply the prisoner issue. Although an audience vote was "too close to call", Henry was unanimously found guilty by the court on the basis of "evolving standards of civil society". There is a modern museum in Azincourt village dedicated to the battle. The museum lists the names of combatants of both sides who died in the battle. Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt (; ; ) was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) in the County of Saint-Pol, Artois,