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@@richardevans1434 For sure. Eventually I am planning on covering Bouvines 1214, Iconium 1190, the Third Crusade and Frederick Barbarossa, Grunwald 1410, Tannenberg 1914, Sedan 1870, and others, to name a few.
@@amadbiscuit I live in Yorkshire England there is history all around us pontefract castle sandal castle are just minutes away and Castleford Wich was a roman town and York still has 70% of its wall still round the town Marsden Moor is just down the road were Cromwell had a big battle were surounded with real history .
@@GaylordBonnafous in fairness the French didn’t always ‘come on in the same old way’ , thats why we had to go and liberate them from the Germans in WW2 !
As an real English bowman (long bow for field archery )iv read all the stories and this reconstruction really brings home the chaos and brutality of the battle . The build up to this near catastrophic campaign by the English is also amazing ,the logistics of bringing all the men horses arrows bows food and how it was paid for is another story in itself.
I have watched a single expert long bowman rapid firing arrows and it was incredibly impressive and very obviously absolutely devastating if multiplied by 1000 and firing into packed ranks of horses and knights.
You'd think the French would learn after Crecy and Poitiers ? The French never had Archers but in England it was compulsory to practice with the bow. At Crecy the British were 7000 against 30,000 French including Genoese crossbow men. The French raised the red flag (no mercy, no hostages). The British slaughtered them and mostly with the long bow.
Through action,a man becomes a hero. Through death,a hero becomes a legend. Through time,a legend becomes a Myth. And by learning from the Myth,a man takes action
Archers carried a mallet and an iron spike called an Odd Bodkin. It is placed on the helmet or face of a downed knight and driven through into the skull. The old English exclamation of, "Odds Bodkins", refers to this method of killing an enemy.
A short dagger called a misericord was used by the English to dispatch the fallen French knights. When a Knight lay face up or on his side it was only a matter of lifting his visor and stabbing through the eye and stirring the brain. Grotesquely brutal work for men innured to the atrocious hideous reality of medieval warfare.
This how sir Richard neville died at the battle of Barnet he was pulled from his horse and had a spike placed through the visor of his salet and stamped into his eye
When you put together many versions of the battle of Agincourt there are a lot of similar reports/versions but all are almost in line with each other. really enjoyed watching Thank you
It's hard to imagine the brutality of fighting at this time. Hand to hand, face to face, hacking someone down with a sword or axe - the blood, the gore, the screams....we're weak and pathetic specimens compared with these men. And, can you imagine, today, the leader of the country fighting in the front rank during a war!
most times it was the poor that died the rich or noble men could pay to save their life's and where held for ransom , i would have to disagree about people been weak today if you had to save you or your loved ones life of fight for food so use would not starve ,you be surprised what you would do ,look what happen over toilet roll lol
Do you like, sitting alone in a hole while grenades rain down on you and MG fire blocking every inch of the field, more? Yes hand to hand is brutal but you see your enemy and you have people aside you wich you can trust and who trust you. The horror of war only starts when projectiles rain down on you or your formation breaks and the other side winns and starts slaughter your fleeing side. In modern warfare you never know if you get the next second killed by someone thousands of miles away or from a sniper or bomb. I think that is way more horrible than fighting hand to hand in an melee infantry formation.
@@bigm186 wrong, the most time the leaders were killed and their armor and weapons were taken as offering for the gods. Ransom only realy started in the middle ages and became less with the 30 years war
And you didnt die straight away . Small wounds would fester dying weeks later in agony , larger blows left you dying in the fields . They relied on God and Priests to help ,no science of any basic way . Well perhaps some local knowledge for the elite . The winning side probably killed you after battle to put you out of your misery if you couldnt move away . Thats if some shocking disease didnt kill you on the march or at siege .
@@Rusty_Gold85 they would kill you if you are lucky. At the tollense battle were bones found which showed that the wounded died days after the battle where they were left in the river. Some were eaten alive by animals.
Quick note-Charles d’Albert was not the Dauphine. The Dauphine was Louis, Duke of Guyenne who did not participate in the battle although many erroneously say he participated in the fighting
great video, Biscuit. I really enjoyed this and your one on Crecy. Covering the politics and background of a battle adds a lot to its richness and reason. Keep it up. As an Englishman, I'd love to learn more of some of the battles for American Independence.
Wow. Great job. I don't know how you did it but you portrayed the battle of Agincourt in the best way I have yet to see. edit: And he has the flag of the grand duchy in his channel banner!
Great vid my friend as usual. One tip i'd like to give you is that only the King, his nobles and knights carried their coat of arms large on their tabbard and shield. Their retinue of squires, men at arms and liegemen carried their lord's coat on banners/standards and a smaller version of their lord's coa on their heart or centre area of their tabbard and colours on their shields.
Every Sunday after church 8yrs old and over you practices using the long bow. This was basically mandatory. The War Bow was bigger, made from yew trees usually growing in church grounds (still found today in English church grounds). The war bow had much greater power able to pierce through some armour. It could fire 5x faster than a war cross bow. Hence the military successes of the British. The V sign stems from these wars as the French would cut off the two fingers from bow men. The Baggage train had women and children in it which the French killed discriminatly, hence Henry V reaction to eliminate many of the prisoners...
I love your channel and learning a lot through your game and teaching! And if you put the Moonlight sonata in the background, what can I say… I love playing it! 😊👌🏻🦂🌊❤️
Thank you for this forensic analysis of the English victory over the French. The bowman never had small shields . The English stuck two fingers up to the French as to say come and get us .The Frenchman would cut the English bowman s two fingers off so the English bowman would not be able to fire his bow . To this day it is still used by the British as an insult
Brilliant. I pictured a steeper slope for the French charge rather than a plain and the ground was almost a bog. Also the English shot the mounts almost exclusively and the men were trampled and then knifed
Good work. This sort of informative documentary really makes you understand the Shakespearian version of history (like Henry V or that movie The King).
@@amadbiscuit when those mods eventually do come i would love too see you do the battle of Visby and maybe even the battle leading up to it, battle of Mästerby!
Superb production. What saddens me, although enjoyable, a few minutes animal video with 1 ten thousandth of the work to make, gets a 1000 times more views.
*Fun fact* : Only a few years previous to this battle , doubtless many of the Welsh archers at Agincourt were fighting the English in a series of battles in the last war of Welsh independence 1400-1412
@@cymro6537 Pointing out historical fact is never 'churlish, but responding to such as you did, that certainly is churlish. And that's a fact too. Get over it already. 🙄
Thanks! Well this is cosmic, as about a day ago I was just thinking to myself if any of the mod authors would ever see this video, and then I saw your comment! Fantastic work on the models btw. You made the best sallet I have ever seen in any video game. They are all awesome models. Thanks for your hard work.
Very well put together, and for a change a true account as known. As a thought this is a part of Henry's speech to his men the morning of Agincourt. "And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be rememberèd- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
There's many historical eye witness accounts of this battle. What I thought was interesting in particular is that the English Longbow and the bodkin tip could not penetrate the armor worn by the French Knights as the arrows simply broke on impact and were deflected away. It has been suggested then that the loss of the French Knights was due to the muddy terrain. As the horses were killed, they often fell on their riders, suffocating them in the mud. Very few of the French were actually killed by arrows, and those that were had been shot from the flanking archers, the arrows penetrating the sides and backs of the French Knights were the armor was thinnest.
Yes, I understood that the french were stuck in the mud, unable to move, whilst the English, with light dressing, daggers and other weapons, pounced on them from the woods, on their flanks and stuck daggers in any holes that could be found in the french armour; horrid thought. I also thought the number of french dead was far higher, but how many is still too many and whoever was killed, on both sides, was someone’s son.
Good job. Seriously. If you wanted to you could be good at this. Do you like History and if so which time of History, Medieval, Modern, Rome is your favourite? The other main thing is that you speak well and do not use too many words. So many home made youtube historians sound like they are reading out bad homework. You dont . You dont stutter, you speak clearly and you are concise. Mate, I am impressed. You earned a biscuit with this one. More please.
Thank you for those words of encouragement. Much appreciated. Yes I love history, especially military history. And I love all of those. Personally my favorite is probably medieval. In addition to my series on the Hundred Years' War, I have plans to eventually cover all of those, Caesar's conquest of Gaul, the Napoleonic Wars, Richard I, Saladin and the 3rd Crusade, just to name a few.
@@amadbiscuit OK. Subbed. No one does Constantinople from 600 to 1200. Until the 3rd Crusade (which is done to death) it held out against all comers. This is Game of Thrones and Lord of the rings , but in reality. 600 years! Maybe check it out?
Yo this was awesome, good job! Edit: Could you upload the module(s) you used for this to google drive? If it's too much work, or you can't, it's totally fine!
a mad biscuit holy crap, thanks for replying and uploading! I was aware you weren't the author, and i tried adding some of the historical lord stuff to the game but the items just simply wouldn't appear. Thanks so much!
@@Henry-fj5zb Sure thing, no problem. I should also mention that I added most, but not all of the resources from the historic lords project. So there still may be some things that you have to add yourself. When I was first learning how to do this, I found this tutorial helpful: ruclips.net/video/JHUd-Pp-SSw/видео.html
What you fail to grasp is that archers at the time were elite troops. Well armoured and armed. They were NOT the melee pushovers modern games make them out to be. Also, while long range volleys were a thing, the archers were deadliest at point blank range. Advancing on foot against these archers was pretty much suicide. Even without mud up to your knees. Cavalry could close quickly and simply run them over with their horse. That is why archers put up stakes or were interspaced with pikemen. There were usually also skirmishers in their lines to resupply them with arrows and kill injured attackers with poignards etc.
@@amadbiscuit Biscuit, you are a genius. My only criticism is that your narration needs work. And I suggest you do Google searches on the names of the individuals you point out. Your pronunciation is understandable, of course. Unless you're familiar with French pronunciation and the odd English pronunciation of names such as Warwick (pronounced "War ick"), you will not have known that "St. Denis" is rendered "sahn denee". But you've done a superb job of animation. The archers, though, began their volleys shooting at about a 45 degree angle upward and only slowly angled downward, as the targets came closer. The longbow was quite capable of killing unarmored flesh at over 200 yards.
Enjoyed your video greatly. I knew very little about the battle itself. I would be greatly interested in the logistics and the supply of the army, the production of the armory... An archer could shoot 6 arrows per minute. They were placed in three rows: alternating rows shooting, kneeling, loading, shooting... up down up down... A constant rain of arrows. The tip of the arrow could get a little wax, so that on impact it did not bounce of the armour so easily and was more likely to penetrate it... A spare string was kept under the cap to keep it dry and prevent it from getting soggy...
The most beautiful thing of the battle is just seeing the great king Henry, in gorgeous imperial attire. With golden belt and crown, allowing himself to be a target. All french knights came one and all, Henry the 5th in hand to hand combat disposed each and every of them, with at lest one knight able to touch not the king but a piece of his crown. The brilliance of the greatest king of england and one of the greatest king in history. (Henry the V).
Hi, you say that the English were pushed back, but I think you will find that the majority of the English men at arms initially deliberately took a pace or two back just as the French first battle hit as the dismounted French knights main initial weapon was the cut down lance which would have been thrust at the enemy in a final rush , so by stepping back you unbalance the very tired enemy who are all but wading in mud and then you step forward for the kill, the main method was to work with your sworn "brother in arms", one to pull the enemy off balance while the other delivered the killing blow, when the first rank goes down it provides a barrier that works against the attackers repeat as often a necessary .
@@amadbiscuit: Nothing against you, but Baz Battles and Kings and Generals do better videos for this battle. Mind you, this video looks good too... BTW, it's pronounced "Pwot-i-eh". Also, Charles D'Albret wasn't the Dauphin, or the French crown prince, but the Lord (or seigneur) of D'Albret.
A person is crowned, not coronated. Also, Henry chose the battleground wisely - the terribly muddy field and his flanks were protected by the trees. The English archers shot so many arrows that they ran out and had to go out in the field to retrieve spent arrows to be able to keep firing. You mentioned a few of the nobles who died on the English side, but an entire generation of French nobility was basically wiped out in the carnage. Henry's decision to execute the prisoners was very controversial and remains so today. Archers were basically the artillery of their day. Finally, St. Dennis is how we would pronounce it, but the French would have said "San Dennee", which was their battle cry.
awesome presentation best EVER.. sparse, clear to the point..very graphic and visual.....definitely a 5 Star video...best ever ...thank YOU...SO much......
Hey man amazing video! Really love all th ehistorical details, i have a question, how did you make the battle? And combined all the mods together on mount e blade? Thanks in advance
At 13:06 is the most accurate depiction of what the battlefield at Agincourt looks like today. farm land, under cultivation. Very open, almost treeless, also behind fences.
If anyone hasn't seen it I would recommend watching The King on Netflix the final third of the movie covers this Battle and is amazing there are also plenty of clips from the movie on youtube
Well, the French also killed the boy servants and civilians (also noted in Branagh version). The English were outnumbered to begin with and the battle had not been won when the killing of the prisoners took place
Under the rules of chivalry a knight could expect to be ransomed if yielding in battle, Henry could not spare men to guard them in his rear so he ordered them killed. This was not a popular decision because basically his own knights and men at arms lost fortunes.
It is not clear why Henry did this. But it is settled that he did not do so in response to the "killing of the boys in the luggage" as that occurred well behind the action. Henry may have thought that the line of Frenchmen that he saw coming was a new contingent of fresh men at arms and, as he had no reserves at that point, such a threat could have reversed the tide of battle. He ordered his archers to dispatch the prisoners and many refused to do so, but that may have been a reluctance to kill possible ransomees more than from a feeling of mercy. He did manage to get some men to do the deed.
12 year old Dauphin Charles was not present at Agincourt. You're mistaking him with 21 year old Charles Duke of Orleans, nephew of King Charles Vi, whom the King put in charge. Charles was also not Dauphin yet. His older brothers Louis, and John hadn't died yet.
The blazon of Henry's coat of arms is incorrect. The number of fleur de lis in the French quartering had been reduced to three in 1405, as you correctly show in your listing. Also Charles D'Albret was not the Dauphin but the Constance of France. The rest was good though.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, the correction about the Dauphin is included in the video description. Also, as you mentioned, yes, there are several inaccuracies with the heraldry in this one. I may in the future make another Agincourt video with Bannerlord and have the proper coat of arms for all the lords. I made a related video on Patay 1429 which I think has more attention to detail as far as the heraldry. I am also working on a video for the Battle of Poitiers, 1356.
"This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day" (25 October 1415, St Crispin's Day).
The decimation of the French noble class at Agincourt resulted in the loss of most of the warrior gene pool in France. That was a societal degradation from which the French have never recovered.
@@hansdevriesvonmengden3639 I don't think you understand the meaning of societal degradation bro. That's fine though, if English is not your first language. The need to wage war on your European neighbours is part of that degradation. With the rise of Napoleon clearly inspired by the French Revolution, when the French nobility were nearly wiped out a second time, is a result of that degradation, and not a contradiction of it.........
@@arthurbarber7546 The French army was thrown out of Spain by the British army, starved out of Moscow by severe weather and assisted by the 'scorched earth' policy of the Russians, and the French fleet was destroyed by the RN at the Battle of the Nile, bringing an end to the Egyptian campaign. And I thought the Battle of Copenhagen was the RN again. What victory did Napoleon enjoy here? Ultimately, the 'non nobles' were destroyed at Waterloo by Prussians and British, and the Russians at Moscow, all 3 cultures being very much based on the class system. What was your point again bro.........?
You state the French forces numbered around 15,000, and the English had 9,000. Yet I've always heard the English were outnumbered by at least 3-1, or more. Which is correct?
Yes, perhaps the most significant death in that battle was that of chivalry. You should have mentioned the significance of the two finger salute resulting from the success of the English bowmen.
@@pbmltd9023 Correction. According to Wikipedia : "the chronicler Jean de Wavrin, contemporary of the battle of Agincourt, reported that Henry V mentioned in a pre-battle speech that the French were said to be THREATENING to cut off three fingers (not two) from captured English bowmen. Wielding an English longbow is best done with three fingers. Neither Wavrin nor any contemporary author reported the threat was ever carried out after that nor other battles"
"You should have mentioned the significance of the two finger salute resulting from the success of the English bowmen." Yeah, except that's a myth that was spawned in the early 1990s... no mention of anything such in historical documents, ever. So, he was right not too.
@@pbmltd9023 Nope, that's a myth that was spawned in the 1990s. The French would just generally kill them as they regarded them as 'gente de nul valeur', meaning not worth a ransom, people of such low class. But if not, then they might cut of THREE fingers, as that was used to fire longbows. The 'two fingered salute' connection to the 100 Years War is a complete myth.
You did an outstanding job on presenting one of the most important battles in Western Civilization. You're mastery of the subject, individuals and tactics used surpasses that of most historians. I have no idea how old you are or, where you are in the educational system but, the teachers of today could take a lesson from you and your unabashed presentation of this history. History is something that should not be cancelled or rewritten. History is important because as I know you will agree, provides an educational tool and marker to our advancement as individuals, for different cultures and for society in general. I am honored to have found this on You Tube, and if I may, foresee a great path for you in the future. God Bless You and please continue your studies and development of presentations like this for it benefits everyone of every age, gender, creed and ethnic background.
Thanks so much for your comment. I really sincerely appreciate your feedback. This is probably the nicest comment I have ever received! I am flattered. I agree with your points about the importance of teaching history. It is certainly a passion of mine. Although I consider this a hobby and I am by no means a professional historian, I definitely have plans to continue making presentations such as this, and on greatly improving the quality of those future presentations.
A little fun fact Henry had the French battle plans by his scouts so that's why he had them placed around and in the heavy forest because the battle plans of the French were to use a flank pincer move to devastate the archers
I like this sooooooooooooooo much man! You have did very very very good job about this, it will be good if this could be in schools! I realy enjoied this.
Thank you! Yes, the video is not monetized by me. I agree the ads sort of disrupt the flow of the video. Unfortunately I have no control over the ads, they were placed there not by me, but by the copyright holders of the music.
How they heck does a game that looks like it was developed 10 years ago have better unit animations and collision effects than every total war game combined?
Lol. It may be partially because the games are in different genres, since total war is an “eye in the sky” type strategy game, and Mount and Blade is action role playing. So in M&B, the attention to detail with how the combat looks and feels up close is more important for the gameplay. The developers did a great job on Mount and Blade. I love Total war too though.
4:02-4:09 I don't think the coat of arms on the tabard is quite correct - what's on view here is the coat of arms of Edward the 3rd - chosen by Henry the 4th in 1399 ,it was changed in 1406 to incorporate less Fleur- de - Lis : Three , on the blue field quartering- this is what Henry the 5th wore. But nonetheless , very well done .
We know from research the long bow could not penetrate armour. I think the English went for the horses and then killed the fallen knights with a short dagger between the joints. Once off your horse you try moving around in the mud.
All these armchair experts convincing themselves, but sadly nobody else, that they have the answers. The English long bowmen won a string of victories, and that changed the nature of warfare, but these pseudo historians think they know better, and with each battle there's always a string of 'other' reasons they give for victory. The weather was bad, it wasn't the season for fighting, the sun was in Frenchman's eyes, or maybe there's an 'R' in the month. It all has to be a series of unforseen coincidences and amazing luck by the English, to satisfy people like you. I'll tell you one thing for certain buddy, those knights weren't blown down by a feather...........
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I plan on making other videos like this one, and greatly improving the production quality in those future videos. If you have any suggestions for topics/battle/events on future videos, let me know in this comment section.
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Just subscribed keep up the good work some famous SAS raids and knights templer battles would be good
German battles that don't get mentioned would be good as we know in history the winners write history ! I just like valour on any side .
@@richardevans1434 Thanks! Definitely I will keep those in mind.
@@richardevans1434 For sure. Eventually I am planning on covering Bouvines 1214, Iconium 1190, the Third Crusade and Frederick Barbarossa, Grunwald 1410, Tannenberg 1914, Sedan 1870, and others, to name a few.
@@amadbiscuit I live in Yorkshire England there is history all around us pontefract castle sandal castle are just minutes away and Castleford Wich was a roman town and York still has 70% of its wall still round the town Marsden Moor is just down the road were Cromwell had a big battle were surounded with real history .
As the Duke of Wellington remarked 400 years later - “They came on in the same old way, and we beat them in the same old way”.
How bout the English at Castillon ? Few of them left with their lives. Final victory of the Hundred Years War
Also...."It was a close run thing"
You mean the same old way as in 1066?
@@GaylordBonnafous in fairness the French didn’t always ‘come on in the same old way’ , thats why we had to go and liberate them from the Germans in WW2 !
@@GaylordBonnafous Tut, tut, tut, there you go again, mistaking your Normans for Frenchman..........
As an real English bowman (long bow for field archery )iv read all the stories and this reconstruction really brings home the chaos and brutality of the battle .
The build up to this near catastrophic campaign by the English is also amazing ,the logistics of bringing all the men horses arrows bows food and how it was paid for is another story in itself.
I have watched a single expert long bowman rapid firing arrows and it was incredibly impressive and very obviously absolutely devastating if multiplied by 1000 and firing into packed ranks of horses and knights.
@@brianthesnail3815 :: Horse Killing with arrows, brings down the rider too. Big Horses are easy targets. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, won wars!
You'd think the French would learn after Crecy and Poitiers ? The French never had Archers but in England it was compulsory to practice with the bow. At Crecy the British were 7000 against 30,000 French including Genoese crossbow men. The French raised the red flag (no mercy, no hostages). The British slaughtered them and mostly with the long bow.
Through action,a man becomes a hero.
Through death,a hero becomes a legend.
Through time,a legend becomes a Myth.
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Archers carried a mallet and an iron spike called an Odd Bodkin. It is placed on the helmet or face of a downed knight and driven through into the skull. The old English exclamation of, "Odds Bodkins", refers to this method of killing an enemy.
No Od Bodkin...a blasphemy ...Gods Body!
A short dagger called a misericord was used by the English to dispatch the fallen French knights. When a Knight lay face up or on his side it was only a matter of lifting his visor and stabbing through the eye and stirring the brain. Grotesquely brutal work for men innured to the atrocious hideous reality of medieval warfare.
This how sir Richard neville died at the battle of Barnet he was pulled from his horse and had a spike placed through the visor of his salet and stamped into his eye
When you put together many versions of the battle of Agincourt there are a lot of similar reports/versions but all are almost in line with each other. really enjoyed watching Thank you
Unless the BBC tells the story.
I love that you love history enough to put this presentation together. History rocks! A+ kid.
Yes it does. Thank you!
It's hard to imagine the brutality of fighting at this time. Hand to hand, face to face, hacking someone down with a sword or axe - the blood, the gore, the screams....we're weak and pathetic specimens compared with these men. And, can you imagine, today, the leader of the country fighting in the front rank during a war!
most times it was the poor that died the rich or noble men could pay to save their life's and where held for ransom , i would have to disagree about people been weak today if you had to save you or your loved ones life of fight for food so use would not starve ,you be surprised what you would do ,look what happen over toilet roll lol
Do you like, sitting alone in a hole while grenades rain down on you and MG fire blocking every inch of the field, more? Yes hand to hand is brutal but you see your enemy and you have people aside you wich you can trust and who trust you. The horror of war only starts when projectiles rain down on you or your formation breaks and the other side winns and starts slaughter your fleeing side. In modern warfare you never know if you get the next second killed by someone thousands of miles away or from a sniper or bomb. I think that is way more horrible than fighting hand to hand in an melee infantry formation.
@@bigm186 wrong, the most time the leaders were killed and their armor and weapons were taken as offering for the gods. Ransom only realy started in the middle ages and became less with the 30 years war
And you didnt die straight away . Small wounds would fester dying weeks later in agony , larger blows left you dying in the fields . They relied on God and Priests to help ,no science of any basic way . Well perhaps some local knowledge for the elite . The winning side probably killed you after battle to put you out of your misery if you couldnt move away . Thats if some shocking disease didnt kill you on the march or at siege .
@@Rusty_Gold85 they would kill you if you are lucky. At the tollense battle were bones found which showed that the wounded died days after the battle where they were left in the river. Some were eaten alive by animals.
Quick note-Charles d’Albert was not the Dauphine. The Dauphine was Louis, Duke of Guyenne who did not participate in the battle although many erroneously say he participated in the fighting
I cannot wait the video on Castillon-La-Bataille !!!
great video, Biscuit. I really enjoyed this and your one on Crecy. Covering the politics and background of a battle adds a lot to its richness and reason. Keep it up. As an Englishman, I'd love to learn more of some of the battles for American Independence.
Thanks so much! Will do. I will keep that topic in mind. It’s a great one for sure.
Amazing job! Definitely the best video on the battle of Agincourt i've seen. I don't know how you don't have more subs
Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
@@amadbiscuit aZincourt ;)
Thank you for sharing a very informative & well researched documentary,
Wow. Great job. I don't know how you did it but you portrayed the battle of Agincourt in the best way I have yet to see. edit: And he has the flag of the grand duchy in his channel banner!
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I am glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun to make for sure. Yes I am a fanboy for Lithuania's flag haha.
@@amadbiscuit It is good someone likes my countries flag. People just ignore us and focus on Russia.
Great vid my friend as usual. One tip i'd like to give you is that only the King, his nobles and knights carried their coat of arms large on their tabbard and shield. Their retinue of squires, men at arms and liegemen carried their lord's coat on banners/standards and a smaller version of their lord's coa on their heart or centre area of their tabbard and colours on their shields.
Fantastic History lesson!😀
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God bless
Thank you. God bless and merry Christmas to you also.
Excellent video, well researched, professionally put together, well done.
Every Sunday after church 8yrs old and over you practices using the long bow. This was basically mandatory. The War Bow was bigger, made from yew trees usually growing in church grounds (still found today in English church grounds). The war bow had much greater power able to pierce through some armour. It could fire 5x faster than a war cross bow. Hence the military successes of the British. The V sign stems from these wars as the French would cut off the two fingers from bow men.
The Baggage train had women and children in it which the French killed discriminatly, hence Henry V reaction to eliminate many of the prisoners...
I love your channel and learning a lot through your game and teaching! And if you put the Moonlight sonata in the background, what can I say… I love playing it! 😊👌🏻🦂🌊❤️
Very informative. A great way to recreate moments in history. 🇬🇧
Thank you for this forensic analysis of the English victory over the French. The bowman never had small shields . The English stuck two fingers up to the French as to say come and get us .The Frenchman would cut the English bowman s two fingers off so the English bowman would not be able to fire his bow . To this day it is still used by the British as an insult
@Simon Foxwell An 'urban myth'? Which medieval sprawling metropolis did this story come from? 🤔 Revisionist nonsense
Brilliant. I pictured a steeper slope for the French charge rather than a plain and the ground was almost a bog. Also the English shot the mounts almost exclusively and the men were trampled and then knifed
Killing Horse is so easy, big east targets. Cruelty is a English thing.
Great graphics and commentary. Very good.
Thank you.
This battle should be known as arrow fire simulator. Good work btw.
Haha. Thank you!
You sound so stressed. Don't be, it was a good vid. Looking forward to your next one. Thanks.
I subscribed, too.
Ok Thanks for subscribing and for your comment. Much appreciated Charles. Yes the Battle of Castillon is coming next!
Good work. This sort of informative documentary really makes you understand the Shakespearian version of history (like Henry V or that movie The King).
Agincourt established the reputation of the English archers. This lasted until the gunpowder weapons gradually took over from archery.
can't wait for more dude! i subbed! Bannerlords mods can't come fast enough!
Thank you! For sure! The historical mods are just the greatest.
@@amadbiscuit when those mods eventually do come i would love too see you do the battle of Visby and maybe even the battle leading up to it, battle of Mästerby!
It makes me gratefull I'm. English
you are aware England lost the war?
@@seaghan6412 Only because they stopped invading and fought each other instead..........
@@artrandy This is true, however there were a lot more events...
Superb production. What saddens me, although enjoyable, a few minutes animal video with 1 ten thousandth of the work to make, gets a 1000 times more views.
Cuz women don't watch war videos, they watch cute animal videos.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 actually I’m a woman and am fascinated by these battles
*Fun fact* : Only a few years previous to this battle , doubtless many of the Welsh archers at Agincourt were fighting the English in a series of battles in the last war of Welsh independence 1400-1412
.....which they lost!
@@SensibleMonikerIf one must be churlish : Just as England lost all their previous French gains at the battle of Castillon.
@@cymro6537 Pointing out historical fact is never 'churlish, but responding to such as you did, that certainly is churlish. And that's a fact too. Get over it already. 🙄
@@sunnyjim1355 My reply was delivered in the same manner that it was received.No more no less.
Cymro65+ Fun Fact many Welsh were fighting on the English side in that so called Welsh Independence War.
Henry saw the disparity plainly...and carefully chose his terrain, and the French obliged him by fighting the battle he had planned for them.
Probably the best use of my models I've run across yet.
-Narf of Picklestink
Thanks! Well this is cosmic, as about a day ago I was just thinking to myself if any of the mod authors would ever see this video, and then I saw your comment!
Fantastic work on the models btw. You made the best sallet I have ever seen in any video game. They are all awesome models. Thanks for your hard work.
Very well put together, and for a change a true account as known.
As a thought this is a part of Henry's speech to his men the morning of Agincourt.
"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
There's many historical eye witness accounts of this battle. What I thought was interesting in particular is that the English Longbow and the bodkin tip could not penetrate the armor worn by the French Knights as the arrows simply broke on impact and were deflected away. It has been suggested then that the loss of the French Knights was due to the muddy terrain. As the horses were killed, they often fell on their riders, suffocating them in the mud. Very few of the French were actually killed by arrows, and those that were had been shot from the flanking archers, the arrows penetrating the sides and backs of the French Knights were the armor was thinnest.
Yes, I understood that the french were stuck in the mud, unable to move, whilst the English, with light dressing, daggers and other weapons, pounced on them from the woods, on their flanks and stuck daggers in any holes that could be found in the french armour; horrid thought. I also thought the number of french dead was far higher, but how many is still too many and whoever was killed, on both sides, was someone’s son.
Excellent video. Great cinematography. Two thumbs up.
Thank you so much!
Perfect job!!!
Thank you
Hope when the Bannerlord have the Hundred Years’ War Mod, you could make more nice videos like this.
yunfei ding Thanks. Absolutely. I am definitely planning on that, for sure. Bannerlord is great.
total war attila has a medieval mod
You know what, that was pretty bloody good. Pretty accurate too. Thanks.
Thank you !
Best video I ever saw about this war.
Thank you!
This is so well done. The research, music, editing, everything. A brilliant history lesson.
Good job. Seriously. If you wanted to you could be good at this. Do you like History and if so which time of History, Medieval, Modern, Rome is your favourite? The other main thing is that you speak well and do not use too many words. So many home made youtube historians sound like they are reading out bad homework. You dont . You dont stutter, you speak clearly and you are concise.
Mate, I am impressed. You earned a biscuit with this one. More please.
Thank you for those words of encouragement. Much appreciated.
Yes I love history, especially military history. And I love all of those. Personally my favorite is probably medieval. In addition to my series on the Hundred Years' War, I have plans to eventually cover all of those, Caesar's conquest of Gaul, the Napoleonic Wars, Richard I, Saladin and the 3rd Crusade, just to name a few.
@@amadbiscuit OK. Subbed.
No one does Constantinople from 600 to 1200. Until the 3rd Crusade (which is done to death) it held out against all comers. This is Game of Thrones and Lord of the rings , but in reality. 600 years!
Maybe check it out?
Yo this was awesome, good job!
Edit: Could you upload the module(s) you used for this to google drive? If it's too much work, or you can't, it's totally fine!
a mad biscuit holy crap, thanks for replying and uploading! I was aware you weren't the author, and i tried adding some of the historical lord stuff to the game but the items just simply wouldn't appear. Thanks so much!
@@Henry-fj5zb Sure thing, no problem. I should also mention that I added most, but not all of the resources from the historic lords project. So there still may be some things that you have to add yourself.
When I was first learning how to do this, I found this tutorial helpful: ruclips.net/video/JHUd-Pp-SSw/видео.html
What you fail to grasp is that archers at the time were elite troops. Well armoured and armed. They were NOT the melee pushovers modern games make them out to be. Also, while long range volleys were a thing, the archers were deadliest at point blank range. Advancing on foot against these archers was pretty much suicide. Even without mud up to your knees. Cavalry could close quickly and simply run them over with their horse. That is why archers put up stakes or were interspaced with pikemen. There were usually also skirmishers in their lines to resupply them with arrows and kill injured attackers with poignards etc.
source: trust me bro
Try being polite, maybe people will actually read you.
The "t" in Agincourt is silent.It's a French thing.Nice work,subscribed.
First of all, in French it is Azincourt, not Agincourt.
@@maximkretsch7134 : Correct......the battle was fought at Azincourt and Agincourt is about 200 miles away near the city of Nancy.
Excellent presentation well researched the addition of the soundtrack enhanced the enjoyment
Thank you. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
@@amadbiscuit Biscuit, you are a genius. My only criticism is that your narration needs work. And I suggest you do Google searches on the names of the individuals you point out. Your pronunciation is understandable, of course. Unless you're familiar with French pronunciation and the odd English pronunciation of names such as Warwick (pronounced "War ick"), you will not have known that "St. Denis" is rendered "sahn denee". But you've done a superb job of animation. The archers, though, began their volleys shooting at about a 45 degree angle upward and only slowly angled downward, as the targets came closer. The longbow was quite capable of killing unarmored flesh at over 200 yards.
Enjoyed your video greatly. I knew very little about the battle itself.
I would be greatly interested in the logistics and the supply of the army, the production of the armory...
An archer could shoot 6 arrows per minute.
They were placed in three rows:
alternating rows shooting, kneeling, loading, shooting...
up down up down...
A constant rain of arrows.
The tip of the arrow could get a little wax, so that on impact it did not bounce of the armour so easily and was more likely to penetrate it...
A spare string was kept under the cap to keep it dry and prevent it from getting soggy...
Excellently well written, aside from all else so very well done. Superb work overall. Thank you so very much.
The most beautiful thing of the battle is just seeing the great king Henry, in gorgeous imperial attire. With golden belt and crown, allowing himself to be a target. All french knights came one and all, Henry the 5th in hand to hand combat disposed each and every of them, with at lest one knight able to touch not the king but a piece of his crown. The brilliance of the greatest king of england and one of the greatest king in history. (Henry the V).
Awesome work! How did you put together the battle? was it done through custom battle mode or did you make your own scenario in an editor?
Thanks ! It was made in modded custom battles.
@@amadbiscuitIs there a list of mods specifically for custom battle and more maps like this?
Excellent video!. Verry good
Verry well made. Definetly enjoyed it.
The birth of the middle finger gesture
English and proud 🏴
Hell yeah
We talk about PTSD for modern soldiers, the mental scars left on these guys must of been horrific.
Hi, you say that the English were pushed back, but I think you will find that the majority of the English men at arms initially deliberately took a pace or two back just as the French first battle hit as the dismounted French knights main initial weapon was the cut down lance which would have been thrust at the enemy in a final rush , so by stepping back you unbalance the very tired enemy who are all but wading in mud and then you step forward for the kill, the main method was to work with your sworn "brother in arms", one to pull the enemy off balance while the other delivered the killing blow, when the first rank goes down it provides a barrier that works against the attackers repeat as often a necessary .
Hey that was great, really enjoyed watching that. 👍🏿
Thanks! I am glad to hear you enjoyed it.
@@amadbiscuit: Nothing against you, but Baz Battles and Kings and Generals do better videos for this battle. Mind you, this video looks good too...
BTW, it's pronounced "Pwot-i-eh".
Also, Charles D'Albret wasn't the Dauphin, or the French crown prince, but the Lord (or seigneur) of D'Albret.
A person is crowned, not coronated. Also, Henry chose the battleground wisely - the terribly muddy field and his flanks were protected by the trees. The English archers shot so many arrows that they ran out and had to go out in the field to retrieve spent arrows to be able to keep firing. You mentioned a few of the nobles who died on the English side, but an entire generation of French nobility was basically wiped out in the carnage. Henry's decision to execute the prisoners was very controversial and remains so today. Archers were basically the artillery of their day. Finally, St. Dennis is how we would pronounce it, but the French would have said "San Dennee", which was their battle cry.
awesome presentation best EVER.. sparse, clear to the point..very graphic and visual.....definitely a 5 Star video...best ever ...thank YOU...SO much......
Hey man amazing video! Really love all th ehistorical details, i have a question, how did you make the battle? And combined all the mods together on mount e blade? Thanks in advance
Thanks! I made it with custom battle mode, and used modding tools Morgh's Editor and OpenBRF, to install and combine the different mods.
@@amadbiscuit thanks a lot for the reply, i'll try It aswell!
At 13:06 is the most accurate depiction of what the battlefield at Agincourt looks like today. farm land, under cultivation. Very open, almost treeless, also behind fences.
::They did not fight in Towns and Cities. The civilians were spared, the farmers had to collect all the scrap iron and re-plow the fields.
Very interesting video. Thanks!
The Long Bow, what a weapon for its day
Lord of the rings music was a nice touch to the cav charge lol
If anyone hasn't seen it I would recommend watching The King on Netflix the final third of the movie covers this Battle and is amazing there are also plenty of clips from the movie on youtube
Excellent movie
Well done bro. 👏 🙌 keep up the good work. I love history too.
Thank you!
the lord of the rings music during the charge had me so hyped lol
Well done. Learned that Henry had prisoners slaughtered. Takes a little away from the Branagh version.
Well, the French also killed the boy servants and civilians (also noted in Branagh version). The English were outnumbered to begin with and the battle had not been won when the killing of the prisoners took place
That was written by Shakespeare it wasn't a history lesson.
Under the rules of chivalry a knight could expect to be ransomed if yielding in battle, Henry could not spare men to guard them in his rear so he ordered them killed. This was not a popular decision because basically his own knights and men at arms lost fortunes.
It is not clear why Henry did this. But it is settled that he did not do so in response to the "killing of the boys in the luggage" as that occurred well behind the action. Henry may have thought that the line of Frenchmen that he saw coming was a new contingent of fresh men at arms and, as he had no reserves at that point, such a threat could have reversed the tide of battle. He ordered his archers to dispatch the prisoners and many refused to do so, but that may have been a reluctance to kill possible ransomees more than from a feeling of mercy. He did manage to get some men to do the deed.
12 year old Dauphin Charles was not present at Agincourt. You're mistaking him with 21 year old Charles Duke of Orleans, nephew of King Charles Vi, whom the King put in charge.
Charles was also not Dauphin yet. His older brothers Louis, and John hadn't died yet.
Thanks. Yes you are correct I had added the correction about the dauphin to the description.
@@amadbiscuit you still did a damn good job sir!
@@josephvisnovsky1462 Thank you sir!
Coronated? Making up words are you? The word you’re looking for is crowned.
The blazon of Henry's coat of arms is incorrect. The number of fleur de lis in the French quartering had been reduced to three in 1405, as you correctly show in your listing. Also Charles D'Albret was not the Dauphin but the Constance of France. The rest was good though.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, the correction about the Dauphin is included in the video description.
Also, as you mentioned, yes, there are several inaccuracies with the heraldry in this one. I may in the future make another Agincourt video with Bannerlord and have the proper coat of arms for all the lords.
I made a related video on Patay 1429 which I think has more attention to detail as far as the heraldry. I am also working on a video for the Battle of Poitiers, 1356.
Some of the French shields, are also Scottish Earl of Douglas, who died 1424 Verneuil. Almost unnoticeable.
Constable of France
Well done and informative.
"This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day" (25 October 1415, St Crispin's Day).
Immaculate and well done on the details.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
The decimation of the French noble class at Agincourt resulted in the loss of most of the warrior gene pool in France. That was a societal degradation from which the French have never recovered.
Until they conquered europe at the end of the 18th century
@@hansdevriesvonmengden3639 I don't think you understand the meaning of societal degradation bro. That's fine though, if English is not your first language. The need to wage war on your European neighbours is part of that degradation. With the rise of Napoleon clearly inspired by the French Revolution, when the French nobility were nearly wiped out a second time, is a result of that degradation, and not a contradiction of it.........
@@artrandy Madrid to Moscow, Copenhagen to Cairo. Pretty good for non nobles
@@arthurbarber7546 The French army was thrown out of Spain by the British army, starved out of Moscow by severe weather and assisted by the 'scorched earth' policy of the Russians, and the French fleet was destroyed by the RN at the Battle of the Nile, bringing an end to the Egyptian campaign. And I thought the Battle of Copenhagen was the RN again. What victory did Napoleon enjoy here? Ultimately, the 'non nobles' were destroyed at Waterloo by Prussians and British, and the Russians at Moscow, all 3 cultures being very much based on the class system. What was your point again bro.........?
So you decimated all the warrior gene pool and France still kicked your ass and won the war. lol
The English bowmen did not carry those silly little shields !
So true, what the heck is the deal with that?
Maybe they were the Welsh bowmen.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 My 16th great grandfather was there. He was English.
'Coronated' 'CORONATED'! It's crowned. Jeez!
Nice work! good effort. European history books + other sources refer that the English did have cavalery.
Yes you are right I misphrased that. I should have clarified, the English had cavalry, but they chose to fight dismounted.
@@amadbiscuit Quite right. No harm done :)
Great Doc fella....made me feel even more proud to be English.
You state the French forces numbered around 15,000, and the English had 9,000. Yet I've always heard the English were outnumbered by at least 3-1, or more. Which is correct?
Can you imagine the noise.
The wooden spikes & archers played a significant part in the English victory.
Yes they did play a major role indeed.
Don't discount the french were slogging through mud
@@trythinking6676 - Nature aside my friend.
Bigger brains wot won it
Very interesting, good job
what mod did you use for the mount and blade scenes? looks amazing
nvm lol
Yes, perhaps the most significant death in that battle was that of chivalry. You should have mentioned the significance of the two finger salute resulting from the success of the English bowmen.
@@pbmltd9023 Correction. According to Wikipedia : "the chronicler Jean de Wavrin, contemporary of the battle of Agincourt, reported that Henry V mentioned in a pre-battle speech that the French were said to be THREATENING to cut off three fingers (not two) from captured English bowmen. Wielding an English longbow is best done with three fingers. Neither Wavrin nor any contemporary author reported the threat was ever carried out after that nor other battles"
Yes, that good old salute that we gave the Vile EU with Brexit.
I think you'll find it was the Welsh archers that gave the old two fingers.
"You should have mentioned the significance of the two finger salute resulting from the success of the English bowmen." Yeah, except that's a myth that was spawned in the early 1990s... no mention of anything such in historical documents, ever. So, he was right not too.
@@pbmltd9023 Nope, that's a myth that was spawned in the 1990s. The French would just generally kill them as they regarded them as 'gente de nul valeur', meaning not worth a ransom, people of such low class. But if not, then they might cut of THREE fingers, as that was used to fire longbows. The 'two fingered salute' connection to the 100 Years War is a complete myth.
You did an outstanding job on presenting one of the most important battles in Western Civilization. You're mastery of the subject, individuals and tactics used surpasses that of most historians. I have no idea how old you are or, where you are in the educational system but, the teachers of today could take a lesson from you and your unabashed presentation of this history. History is something that should not be cancelled or rewritten. History is important because as I know you will agree, provides an educational tool and marker to our advancement as individuals, for different cultures and for society in general. I am honored to have found this on You Tube, and if I may, foresee a great path for you in the future. God Bless You and please continue your studies and development of presentations like this for it benefits everyone of every age, gender, creed and ethnic background.
Thanks so much for your comment. I really sincerely appreciate your feedback. This is probably the nicest comment I have ever received! I am flattered. I agree with your points about the importance of teaching history. It is certainly a passion of mine. Although I consider this a hobby and I am by no means a professional historian, I definitely have plans to continue making presentations such as this, and on greatly improving the quality of those future presentations.
Speaking of important battles in Western Civilization, I recently published a video on the Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC. :)
Brilliant !
Thank you !
A little fun fact Henry had the French battle plans by his scouts so that's why he had them placed around and in the heavy forest because the battle plans of the French were to use a flank pincer move to devastate the archers
Well made vid .
Gratz
I like this sooooooooooooooo much man! You have did very very very good job about this, it will be good if this could be in schools! I realy enjoied this.
great documentary -shame on google annoying adss
Thank you!
Yes, the video is not monetized by me. I agree the ads sort of disrupt the flow of the video. Unfortunately I have no control over the ads, they were placed there not by me, but by the copyright holders of the music.
I am totally going to reenact this in Bannerlord.
That would be epic! I would like to do that as well.
Great amimation
Thank you
AWESOME AWESOME VID
Thank you
Casualties made it seemed like a gang war in comparison to the battles during the Macedonian and Roman ages.
How they heck does a game that looks like it was developed 10 years ago have better unit animations and collision effects than every total war game combined?
Lol. It may be partially because the games are in different genres, since total war is an “eye in the sky” type strategy game, and Mount and Blade is action role playing. So in M&B, the attention to detail with how the combat looks and feels up close is more important for the gameplay. The developers did a great job on Mount and Blade. I love Total war too though.
That English French rivalry still exists, all be it in a more freindly fashion but its still there. It still gets a bit heated from time to time...😎
@Alexandre Nouar Not true but this saddens me I only want to be friends with the French people
This has to be one of the biggest embarrassing defeats of anyone, ever. In their own back yard too.
And then Kabul happened
@@spinynormanbest6410 agreed, at least the French tried to fight.
"Nous allons avoir besoin de plus gros boucliers" (We're gonna need bigger shields) - a French infantryman
4:02-4:09 I don't think the coat of arms on the tabard is quite correct - what's on view here is the coat of arms of Edward the 3rd - chosen by Henry the 4th in 1399 ,it was changed in 1406 to incorporate less Fleur- de - Lis : Three , on the blue field quartering- this is what Henry the 5th wore.
But nonetheless , very well done .
Thanks. And you are right. The correct coat of arms is in thumbnail. The one on the mount & blade character has too many Fleur de Lis.
We know from research the long bow could not penetrate armour. I think the English went for the horses and then killed the fallen knights with a short dagger between the joints. Once off your horse you try moving around in the mud.
The long bow could penetrate armour
@@ArchieFatcackie They have done the research and it could not. It could chain mail. Documentary on it where they do the tests.
All these armchair experts convincing themselves, but sadly nobody else, that they have the answers. The English long bowmen won a string of victories, and that changed the nature of warfare, but these pseudo historians think they know better, and with each battle there's always a string of 'other' reasons they give for victory. The weather was bad, it wasn't the season for fighting, the sun was in Frenchman's eyes, or maybe there's an 'R' in the month. It all has to be a series of unforseen coincidences and amazing luck by the English, to satisfy people like you. I'll tell you one thing for certain buddy, those knights weren't blown down by a feather...........
The French knights were not completely covered in armour. There were plenty of places an arrow could penetrate.
@@dulls8475 : Eyewitnesses said that the armour was pierced by the bodkins (armour-piercing arrows) which the English archers used.