Azincourt ou la naissance du sentiment "français", avec Valérie Toureille

Make a donation and receive a gift: http://don.storiavoce.com/ Of all the battles of the Hundred Years' War, Agincourt still resonates as the greatest defeat of the French cavalry. Faced with English archers and their famous longbows, the horses and the vastly outnumbered army became bogged down in the plowed fields in the rain, ultimately perishing. In her book "Agincourt: History of a Strange Defeat," historian Valérie Toureille does more than simply recount the event: she reveals how the French defeat sparked genuine resistance against the English occupiers in several parts of the kingdom, foreshadowing the Joan of Arc epic. Thus, it is no exaggeration to say that the defeat at Agincourt revealed a true French sentiment. The Rendez-vous de l'histoire in Blois focused on defining France, particularly its origins. Strangely, Agincourt wasn't mentioned... Yet this battle is not so much a pivotal moment as a foundational one, revealing two aspects of the Hundred Years' War: the transition from a dynastic conflict to a war that embodies French national sentiment. Guest: Valérie Toureille, a medieval historian, is a professor at Cergy Paris University. She is notably the author of a biography of Joan of Arc (Perrin). She has just reissued her book, originally published by Albin Michel, "Azincourt: History of a Strange Defeat" (Tempus, €8.50), in paperback. *** Facebook:   / histoireetcivilisationsmag   Instagram:   / histoireetcivilisations   Twitter:   / storiavoce