Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years' War to confirm his legitimacy resumed the war with France now led by a king who was insane. In 1415 he landed at Harfleur which fell after a long siege weakening the English army. Against advice Henry led his army on a chevauchée to English held Calais but was intercepted by a far larger French army at Agincourt and at the ensuing battle Henry's archers killed the cream of French nobility. At Agincourt Henry V, the son of a usurper, had proved his right to be King and he was determined to regain Normandy and recreate the Duchy and landed in
Agincourt Carol the 19th century. The carol is featured in Laurence Olivier's 1944 film "Henry V".The composer Ernest Farrar created his 1918 "Heroic Elegy: For Soldiers" on the basis of the Agincourt Carol. The pattern of a strophe (verse) sung in English followed by a burden (chorus) in Latin followed a structure typical of the religious carols of the period. The Agincourt Carol was recorded by The Young Tradition on "Galleries", (with both the Early Music Consort and Dave Swarbrick contributing), and by the Silly Sisters (band) (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) on their second album "No More to the Dance". Agincourt