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Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day...
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"The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more."~Henry V 4.3 #StCrispinsDay #WeBandofBrothers #Agincourt #OnThisDay #Shakespeare
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#OnThisDay #StCrispinsDay 1415
An #English & #Welsh army, composed primarily of low-born archers, met the French in battle. Although outnumbered, the English were triumphant. So let us raise a flagon those happy few who fought and died, on the muddy field of #Agincourt!
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The flag of St George blowing in the breeze - after the depiction of the battlefield in the Laurence Olivier film of Henry V. Illustration by Edward Bettison.
St Crispin’s Day, 1415. King Henry V and his men gather after battle to receive word from the French herald. The day is England’s: victory against all the odds and triumph over the flower of French nobility. The red-cross flag of St George unfurls and ripples in the breeze, against blue sky, billowing clouds, and, in the distance, a castle known as Agincourt. The green fields of battle roll away, still scattered with bodies in their colourful liveries, while a few stray horses gallop into the woods. As Henry accepts victory, voices break into song. ‘Our king went forth to Normandy, / With grace and might of chivalry’ – the opening lines of the Agincourt Carol, celebrating the triumph of England and the king. But this king is Laurence Olivier, and the battlefield panorama is in brilliant Technicolor. The words of the Agincourt Carol are sung to a setting by composer William Walton. This is the 1944 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, made to boost British morale during World War Two, just as another invasion of France was looming, and released in the autumn following D-Day. England the underdogs: honour, courage, and victory against the odds. Agincourt: a byword for patriotic pride and valour. The Agincourt Carol, composed shortly after the battle, glories in victory for England – ‘Anglia’ – and its brave king, at this pivotal moment in what proved to be the Hundred Years War. But Englishmen weren’t the only ones pitted against the French on the battlefield. The story of Agincourt we’re familiar with – via Olivier and Shakespeare before him – is a carefully-crafted one of unity and
co-operation. Shakespeare’s play features a cast of diverse characters: Gower the Englishman, Captain Jamy the Scot, Macmorris the Irishman, and Fluellen (Llewellyn) the Welshman – bickering and japing but nevertheless coming together to fight. Longbowmen, including those from Wales, were Henry’s secret weapon and a decisive factor in victory. Yet, in 1415, relations between neighbours in Britain were far from comfortable. Back across the Channel, the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr had threatened English control for over ten years. Political tensions and resistance to the English crown rumbled on. The Agincourt Carol trumpets English triumph, but there’s another, unspoken, story here about those others on the battlefield and troubles back home. What happens if we read around the edges of this exuberantly patriotic, jingoistic verse? The poem points us to something not just about England’s belligerent history with France, but also its fractious, predacious relationships with its neighbours within Britain, too.
'Upon Saint Crispin’s day!' Today, 25 October, is the anniversary of the Battle of #Agincourt. One chapter in #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems starts with the early 15th-century Agincourt Carol as a way into the medieval battle - taking us beyond the familiar story... #medieval #history #StCrispinsDay
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#henryv #stcrispinsday
“Move out. Draw fire. Godspeed.”
Crickets.
That’s what you get when you think President Whitmore, or Aragorn (sorry, Viggo), delivered rousing speeches.
#Hegseth is not a serious person
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#henryv #stcrispinsday
“Move out. Draw fire. Godspeed.”
Crickets.
That’s what you get when you think President Whitmore, or Aragorn (sorry, Viggo), delivered rousing speeches.
#Hegseth is not a serious person.
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A Message from President Thomas Whitmore the V
#independenceday #originalpronunciation @shakespeare.lol #henryV #stcrispinsday
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“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” Battle of Agincourt, St Crispin's Day #OTD 1415. #StCrispinsDay #Agincourt Bibliothèque Nationale de France
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...”
Battle of Agincourt, St Crispin's Day #OTD 1415.
#StCrispinsDay #Agincourt
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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Getting one in early. Frazzles, marmite, lettuce and vegan mayo. #oohlala #crispsandwichday Oct25th #stcrispinsday vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...
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Just realized that #Alien3 is actually #HenryV. #Shakespeare #StCrispinsDay
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