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Henry the Fifth - The First King of France
In 14 15, aged 29, Henry the fifth launches his invasion of normandy. He lands with around 12 thousand men - a bigger army than any assembled in the thirteenth century. 25 per cent were what we might loosely call knights and 75 per cent were famous archers. For six weeks, henry's falsetoug was bogged down, besieging harfleur. But he was much later hanhe hoped. The campaigning season was coming to an end. Orforventy surrendered. There was an orderly transfer of power.Henry the fifth is the first king that really starts to embrace the english language. Since william the conqueror, the official language of the
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