Q 01/05

Five years after Agincourt, the Treaty of Troyes made Henry V what?

A) Duke of Burgundy

B) Heir of France

C) King of Navarre

D) Count of Flanders

Answer · why

B) Heir of France

Heir of France, with the regency too, but Henry died in August 1422, seven weeks before the French king he was due to succeed, so he never took the th...

Q 02/05

The Battle of Agincourt was fought on the feast day of which saint?

A) George

B) Crispin

C) Denis

D) Michael

Answer · why

B) Crispin

Crispin and Crispinian were martyred shoemakers, the patron saints of cobblers; Shakespeare's Henry promises that their day will never again pass with...

Q 03/05

Agincourt was a battle of which long conflict?

A) The War of the Spanish Succession

B) The Thirty Years' War

C) The Wars of the Roses

D) The Hundred Years' War

Answer · why

D) The Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War outlasted its name, running on and off from 1337 to 1453; Agincourt came 78 years in, after half a century of English failure.

Q 04/05

Which wood was preferred for the English longbows that won Agincourt?

A) Oak

B) Beech

C) Yew

D) Willow

Answer · why

C) Yew

Yew was in such demand for bows that English supplies ran short, and from 1472 the law made ships arriving in English ports carry bowstaves as part of...

Q 05/05

What kept the French king, Charles VI, from leading his army at Agincourt?

A) He was still a young child

B) He suffered from psychotic illness

C) He was a prisoner in England

D) He was away on crusade

Answer · why

B) He suffered from psychotic illness

He suffered from psychotic illness: Charles VI had been struck by bouts of madness since 1392 and at times believed he was made of glass, so his princ...