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Agincourt (poem)
Agincourt may refer to: * Battle of Agincourt, a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War, at Azincourt, France Places * Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a commune in France * Agincourt, Mpumalanga, a town in South Africa * Agincourt, Toronto, a neighbourhood in Ontario, Canada ** Agincourt Collegiate Institute, a secondary school in Toronto ** Agincourt District Library, a Toronto Public Library branch ** Agincourt GO Station, a railway station in Toronto, Canada ** Agincourt Junior Public School, an elementary school in Toronto ** Agincourt Mall, a retail mall in Toronto ** CPR Toronto Yard, also known as Agincourt Yard, a railway marshalling yard in Toronto ** Scarborough—Agincourt, a federal electoral riding and city ward in Toronto ** Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding in Toronto * Agincourt House, Monmouth Agincourt House, No. 1 Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales is a notable early seventeenth century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt ( ; french: Azincourt ) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. The unexpected English victory against the numerically superior French army boosted English morale and prestige, crippled France, and started a new period of English dominance in the war that would last for 14 years until France defeated England in the Siege of Orléans in 1429. After several decades of relative peace, the English had resumed the war in 1415 amid the failure of negotiations with the French. In the ensuing campaign, many soldiers died from disease, and the English numbers dwindled; they tried to withdraw to English-held Calais but found their path blocked by a considerably larger French army. Despite the numerical disadvantage, the battle ended in an overwhelming victory for the English. King Henry V of England led his troops into battle and participated in hand-to-hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azincourt
Azincourt (), historically known in English as Agincourt ( ), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. The Late Medieval Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place in the commune in 1415. Toponym The name is attested as ''Aisincurt'' in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word ''curt'' (which meant a farm with a courtyard; derived from the Late Latin ''cortem''). The name has no etymological link with Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle (attested as ''Egincourt'' 875), which is derived separately from another Germanic male name ''*Ingin-''. History Azincourt is known for being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d'Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Agincourt
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS ''Agincourt'', named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed. * was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line bought from the East India Company, where she had been named ''Earl Talbot'', in 1796. She became a prison ship in 1812 and was renamed HMS ''Bristol''. She was sold in 1814. * was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1817. She was used for harbour service from 1848, was renamed HMS ''Vigo'' in 1865 and was sold in 1884. * was a frigate launched in 1865. She was renamed HMS ''Boscawen'' and used for harbour service from 1904, was renamed HMS ''Ganges II'' in 1906, became a coal hulk named ''C109'' in 1908 and was broken up in 1960. *HMS ''Agincourt'' was to have been a . She was ordered in 1914, but cancelled that year. * was a battleship originally built for Brazil as ''Rio de Janeiro'' and launched in 1913. She was sold to Turkey as ''Sultan Osman'', but the Royal Navy took h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSD-17
The Alco RSD-15 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York between August 1956 and June 1960, during which time 75 locomotives were produced. The RSD-15 was powered by an Alco 251 16-cylinder four-cycle V-type prime mover rated at ; it superseded the almost identical Alco 244-engined RSD-7, and was catalogued alongside the similar but smaller RSD-12, powered by a 12-cylinder 251-model V-type diesel engine. The locomotive rode on a pair of three-axle ''Trimount'' trucks with all axles powered by General Electric model 752 traction motors. These trucks have an asymmetrical axle spacing because of the positioning of the traction motors. The six-motor design allowed higher tractive effort at lower speeds than an otherwise similar four-motor design. The RSD-15 could be ordered with either a high or low short hood; railfans dubbed the low short hood version "Alligators", due to their unusually long low noses. RSD-17 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empress Of Agincourt
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agincourt Carol
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. The carol is one of thirteen on the Trinity Carol Roll, probably originating in East Anglia, that has been held in the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, since the 19th century. The other primary source for the carol is the contemporaneous Selden Carol Book held by the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The carol is featured in Laurence Olivier's 1944 film ''Henry V''. The composer Ernest Farrar created his 1918 ''Heroic Elegy: For Soldiers'' on the basis of the Agincourt Carol. Lyrics :''Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!'' :'' ive thanks, England, to God for victory!' : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agincourt (game)
''Agincourt'', subtitled "The Triumph of Archery over Armor, 25 October 1415", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the Battle of Agincourt. Description ''Agincourt'' is a 2-player wargame in which the English and French forces face each other at the Battle of Agincourt. The game was one of SPI's "120 Series", games that had 120 counters and could be played in 120 minutes. Components *a full-colour contour map of the battlefield using a hex grid scaled to 34 yards (31 m) per hex *270 counters **45 cardboard counters representing military units (32 French and 13 English) **other counters representing dead soldiers and survivors from battle *rulebook *player reference sheets * twenty-sided die Gameplay Each player sets up their forces at either end of the board. Each turn counts as three minutes of game time. Each player takes turns moving, after which the opponent can use archery fire. After movement is finished, units are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agincourt (band)
Agincourt were a late sixties English psychedelic folk band. The band consisted of John Ferdinando, Peter Howell, and Lee Menelaus. They released one privately pressed album under the band name, ''Fly Away'', on the Merlin label. This LP has commanded high prices amongst collectors especially after a mid-nineties CD release. In total, the partnership released five albums credited without the band name. The members of Agincourt were also involved in writing tracks for ''Alice Through The Looking Glass'', ''Ithaca'', and ''Tomorrow Come Someday''. The group broke up in the early 1970s when Howell secured a BBC sound engineering position and worked on the soundtrack for ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...''. Ferdinando would sporadically involve himself i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azincourt (novel)
''Azincourt'' is an historical novel written by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2008. The book relates the events leading to the Battle of Agincourt through its protagonist Nicholas Hook. In the United States, it was published under the title ''Agincourt''. Plot Nicholas Hook, a forester and archer, feuds with Tom and Robert Perrill and their biological father, the priest Father Martin. He is compelled to participate in the hanging and burning of a community of Lollard heretics. One of them, an archer himself, asks Hook to protect his granddaughter, Sarah, after his execution. However, Father Martin decides to take the girl for himself, and in an unsuccessful attempt to shield her, Hook attacks the priest. Hook is then held for trial and anticipates execution. Father Martin and Tom Perrill rape and murder the girl, and Hook's guilt at failing to save her haunts him throughout the story. Hook escapes and joins an expedition to Soissons, in Burgundy, as a mercenary archer. Burgun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Barker
Juliet R. V. Barker FRSL (born 1958) is an English historian, specialising in the Middle Ages and literary biography. She is the author of a number of well-regarded works on the Brontës, William Wordsworth, and medieval tournaments. From 1983 to 1989 she was the curator and librarian of the Bronte Parsonage Museum. Barker was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she gained her doctorate in medieval history. A biography and summary of each book can be found on her officiawebsite which was launched September 2009. Selected works * ''The Brontës: Selected Poems'' * ''The Tournament in England: 1100–1400'' (1986) * ''The Brontë Yearbook'' * ''The Brontës'' (1994) * ''The Brontës: A Life in Letters'' (1997) * ''Charlotte Brontë: Juvenilia 1829–35'' * ''Wordsworth: A Life'' (2000) * ''Wordsworth: A Life in Letters'' (2002) * ''Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle'' (2005) * ''The Deafening Sound of Silent Tears: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Payne Rainsford James
George Payne Rainsford James (9 August 1799 – 9 June 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign. Early life George Payne Rainsford James was born in St George Street, Hanover Square, London in 1799. His father was a physician who had served in the navy and was in America during the Revolutionary War, serving with Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Groton Heights.At the Library Table, Adrian Hoffman Joline, Richard Badger, Boston, 1910. George attended the school of the Reverend William Carmalt in Putney. He developed a love of languages, including Greek, Latin, Persian and Arabic. He also studied medicine as a young man, but his inclinations led him in a different direction. He wanted to go into the navy, but his father was agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pengjia Islet
Pengjia Islet (), also known as P'eng-chia Hsü, Hōka-sho, Agincourt, Dashihshan Islet, Chaolai Islet, P'eng-chia Yü or Pengchia Islet, is an islet north of Taiwan and is administered under Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It is under Taiwanese military control and cannot be visited by ordinary citizens. History In September 1984, forty plus fishing boats from Japan intruded on the territorial waters of Pengchia Islet (Pengjia Islet). Their catch was estimated to be worth 20 million TWD. On 7 September 2012 and again on 9 April 2016, President Ma Ying-jeou visited Pengjia Islet. Geography Pengjia Islet part of Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan (ROC). The islet is located to the northeast of Keelung. The islet is surrounded by cliffs on its eastern, southern and northern sides. On the western side, the sea is full of reef and rocks. The only safe way to land on the island is via the dock on the western side. Demographics There are no long-term residents on the islet. As of 2002, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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