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The "Agincourt Carol" (sometimes known as the Agincourt Song, the Agincourt Hymn, or by its chorus and central words, Deo gratias Anglia) is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Performed by Oxford Camerata.
Images:
King Henry V of England preparing to sail for France in 1415 by Graham Turner.
'King Henry V Before Harfleur' by James E McConnell.
The Battle of Agincourt, 15th-century miniature, Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet.
'The Battle of Agincourt' by William Kent.
T'he Thanksgiving Service on the Field of Agincourt' by Edmund Blair Leighton.
The "Agincourt Carol" (sometimes known as the Agincourt Song, the Agincourt Hymn, or by its chorus and central words, Deo gratias Anglia) is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Performed by Oxford Camerata.
Images:
King Henry V of England preparing to sail for France in 1415 by Graham Turner.
'King Henry V Before Harfleur' by James E McConnell.
The Battle of Agincourt, 15th-century miniature, Enguerrand de Monstrelet by Enguerrand de Monstrelet.
'The Battle of Agincourt' by William Kent.
T'he Thanksgiving Service on the Field of Agincourt' by Edmund Blair Leighton.
