Somme (river) invasion fleet of William the Conqueror assembled in the Bay of the Somme, at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The river also featured in the 1346 withdrawal of Edward III of England's army, which forded the river at the Battle of Blanchetaque during the campaign, which culminated in the Battle of Crécy. Crossing the river also featured prominently in the campaign which led to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In 1636, a Spanish army led by Thomas Francis, prince of Carignan, crossed the Somme defeating a French army during the Thirty Years War threatening Paris. Most famously, the Battle of the Somme, during
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