Hundred Years' War English-occupied Calais. In a campaign reminiscent of Crécy, he found himself outmanoeuvred and low on supplies and had to fight a much larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt, north of the Somme. Despite the problems and having a smaller force, his victory was near-total; the French defeat was catastrophic, costing the lives of many of the Armagnac leaders. About 40% of the French nobility was killed. Henry was apparently concerned that the large number of prisoners taken were a security risk (there were more French prisoners than there were soldiers in the entire English army) and he ordered
Order of the Golden Chains to the golden chain of the order, had to fight every two years on a knight tournament, single combat "up to life or death" . This courtly ideal, in which knights protecting vulnerable women, was characteristic of the culture and chivalrous self-image of the late Middle Ages. In the peculiar conditions, we see that the European chivalry in the 15th century was decadent and very artificial. The rough warrior has melted, at the courts, into a refined courtier. Nothing came much of the order. The Duke fell, during the battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415 in English captivity and