The Battle of Agincourt Explained
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Throne of the Seventh Century
King john was driven out of normandy the french, and then was on the verge of being toppled by his own magnates. His son, henry the third, restored plantagenet fortunes within england with the help of ise of william,. But king henry ruled over only a tiny little rump of his family's patrimony in france, the are of gascony. And from henry onwards, there was a desire among his english successors to seize back their land in fr France. The old trick folks, a big foreign military invasion to try and unite folks at home.
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