And the the way. The This is join us in France episode 89.

Hello, I'm Annie and join us in France is a travel podcast about all things French.

Today I'm not going to be talking travel per se. I'm doing

more of a dive into something historical that has great significance. It will explain many things that you will see when you travel

in France because it marks a turning point in how chivalry worked in France and in many ways the rest of Europe too.

This week is the 600th anniversary of the famous Battle of Agenkur, or Adencourt, I think that's how you say it in English, which took place in the very north of France on October 26, 14-15, not very far from the cities of Aras and Calais.

Before I get going with this wonderful story, I have to say thank you to Janet for your donation.

You paid for the hosting costs this month, so everybody else should thank you too because without hosting,

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Janet so why talk about this one battle in the north of France 600 years ago

one reason is that you may not remember it but you've probably heard

about it before at least if you've read some Shakespeare and you've seen the play Henry the fifth. Now I'm going to do

something really silly and read a little bit of that play. The play isn't

silly it's me reading Shakespeare that's silly but oh well let's let's try this so this

is these are words that Henry the fifth was supposed to have spoken to his

soldiers at the Battle of Agenkur on October 24th, 1415.

This is Act 4, scene 1.

Oh God of the battles, steal my soldier's hearts, possess them not with fear, take from them now the

saints of reckoning if the opposed numbers pluck their hearts from them. God, not today, oh Lord, oh not today, think not upon the fault my father made in compassing

the crown.

Okay, I'm going to stop here, I really can't read Shakespeare, but you can see that Henry

the fifth sounds very worried about this battle and for good reason. Now I told you that I chose this

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