News

Agincourt Conference 2015

30 April 2013

2015 marks the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt.

 

A major international conference will be held at the University of
Southampton between Friday 31 July and Monday 3 August 2015. (There will be
discount rates for members of The Battlefields Trust.)

 

'War on Land and Sea: Agincourt in Context'

 

This coincides with the anniversary of the plot to kill Henry V on 1 August
('the Southampton Plot'). The expeditionary army gathered in Southampton and
its environs, and sailed from the port in mid August. The city of
Southampton still has town walls surviving from this period. There will also
be a visit to the Royal Armouries' collection of artillery at Fort Nelson.

 

The conference will cover many different aspects of medieval warfare,
including the culture of war, the 'hardwear' (armour, weaponry,
fortifications, ships), armies and navies. There will also be special public
events.

 

Further information and calls for papers will be sent out in due course via
a web site. This will also contain an Agincourt Who's Who, developed from
the Medieval Soldier project (www.medievalsoldier.org), and with other
interesting Agincourt-related stuff.

 

In the meantime do email agincourt@soton.ac.uk to ensure that your
interest has been logged and to be informed of other exiciting events planned for the
anniversary in 2015 by the Royal Armouries and other organisations.

 
 

For further information.

 
The Battlefields Resource Centre