In a Sky Dark With Arrows, Death Rained Down

[James A. Donald]

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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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