What is the Cultural Legacy of Agincourt?
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education
Author Anne Curry discusses the enduring cultural legacy of the battle of Agincourt six hundred years after it was fought, from Shakespeare to the Beatles. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199681013.do Anne Curry is Professor of Medieval History and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southampton, after teaching for many years at the University of Reading. She has published many books and articles on the Hundred Years War, as well as definitive works on Agincourt itself and an on-line database of all known soldiers between 1369 and 1453. An historical advisor to the battlefield centres at Azincourt, Shrewsbury, and Bosworth, she is co-chair of the 'Agincourt 600' committee, tasked with organizing the commemorations of the sixth hundredth anniversary of the battle. President of the Historical Association between 2008 and 2011, she is also a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society. © Oxford University Press
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