A Great and Glorious Adventure: A Military History of the Hundred Years War by Gordon Corrigan
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.” Henry V (act 3 scene 1) by William Shakespeare.
Stirring lines from one of. if not the, greatest works of literature on leadership, kingship, battle and comradery in any language. And Good King Hal is just one of a cast of thousand outstanding characters in this gripping history of the 100 Years War by military historian Gordon Corrigan. This wonderful read helps us make sense of the genesis, course, and lasting consequences of this long conflict which came to shape and define notions of Englishness and Frenchness and coalesce these two neighbours into nations.
YouTube is packed with videos on the history of the war from channels like History Matters • Ten Minute English and British Histor... , Kings and Generals • Hundred Years' War: Battle of Crecy 1... and Fire and Learning • France in The 100 Years' War , a video on the Longbow by the incomparable Lindybeige • Longbows and a dissection of Agincourt by Medieval Myth Busters • AGINCOURT - Medieval Myth Busting
I give a big pitch in this episode to one of my favourite films of all time, Kenneth Brannagh's adaptation of Henry V. Dip into classic scenes from the film in YouTube clips of the Breach scene • Henry V (2/3) Once More Unto the Brea... the St Crispin's Day speech • Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crisp... and subsequent Battle of Agincourt • Video . Stirring stuff!
A useful timeline for the war can be found at https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/Hundred_Y....
My favourite radio programme, BBC's In Our Time has a few episodes relating to the war covering key moments like Agincourt https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004... and the Siege of Orleans https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007...
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