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Peter Gutmann wrote:
> That's the traditional Agincourt interpretation. More modern ones
> (backed up by actual tests with arrows of the time against armour,
> in which the relatively soft metal of the arrows was rather
> ineffective against the armour)
I find this very hard to believe. Post links, or give citations.
> (There were other problems as well, e.g. the unusually high death
> toll and
> removal of "ancient aristocratic lineages" was caused by English
> commoners who weren't aware of the tradition of capturing opposing
> nobles and having them ransomed back, rather than hacking them to
> pieces on the spot.
Wrong
French nobles were taken prisoner in the usual fashion, but executed
because the English King commanded them executed.
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James A. Donald
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