Collins Medieval Britain history for Year 7

1. Unit 4.4 Henry V
The medieval kingship

2. Words to learn
Terminology Definition
Hundred years war A long conflict between England and France beginning in
the 14th century
Calais French port town (became English territory for two
century)
dysentery A bowel bacteria infection causing severe diarrhoea
palings Barrier made using wooden /metal pole to defend against
cavalry charges
longbows A six foot bow used to great effect by the english during
the late medieval period

3. King Henry IV – unpopular king
• Henry V’s father, Henry
IV was an unpopular
king, he put so much of
his reign against
rebellions
• He died from terrible
skin condition which
possibly could be
leprosy

4. King Henry V- loved by many
• Henry V was crowned king in 1413,
and worked hard to win the support
of the English ppl
• He restored titles, castles and land to
nobles who had opposed his father
Henry IV.
• To meet his subjects and make sure
his laws were being kept, Henry V
travelled the country in a grand
procession
• He learnt to read and write in
English, which aided royal
administration
• Despite having French ancestors, he
was the first King of England to
conduct his court in English, not
French

5. War in France
• During Henry V’s reign,
the Hundred Years War
was being fought
between England and
France.
• England lost almost all
of its land in France,
and its only remaining
territory was the port
town of Calais

6. Invasion of French Port of Harfleur
• However during this period, France
was ruled by a mad king called
Charles VI, France was engulfed in
civil war.
• Henry V spied a perfect
opportunity to gain back land in
France
• He presented his plan to the
parliament and they gave full
support on his invasion plan and
agreed to double tax pay for it
• Henry V crossed the English
Channel with 12 000 men and
successfully took French port of
Harfleur after one month seige

7. The journey of a harsh winter
• After this victory at Harfleur, things
turned against Henry V. Many of his
army been killed during the attack and
many were sent home suffering from a
disease called dysentry which what was
left of his army
• Henry decided to march from Harfleur to
Calais where its much safer to spend
their winter
• They were unfortunately met with
appalling weather for almost a month
through constant rain with very limited
supplies.
• They (8000 soldiers) were cold, weak
wounded and hungry.
• Then came the terrible news: an army
of 12 000 heavily armed French soldiers
was waiting for them on the road to
Calais

8. • The two armies met on A narrow
strip of high ground between two
forests
• The English soldiers arrived first,
and they established their
defensive line the night before
the battle by digging two metre
sharpened wooden stakes called
pallings – into the ground
• Henry positioned man-at-armd
behind the palings, while the
English and Welsh longbowmen
hid in the forests on the other
side
• Henry was weak and
outnumbered army waited for the
French attack

9. The battle of Agincourt ground
• The battle began on the morning of 25th October
on St. Crispin day with 9000 french Army .
• However French soldiersdid not realize how wet
was the ground was, many got stuck in the mud.
At this point, the english soldiers rained arrows
down on them.
• Once they had ran out of arrows, English soldiers
charged out of the forest and attack with swords
and axes led by King Henry V himself

10. The winner
• The french were
massacred : 5000 have
died and only 1600
English soldiers have
died, most killed by
the arrows
• The battle of Agincourt
was known today as
the greatest victory

11. Victory in France
• Henry V won a series of
victories in France
following the Battle of
Agincourt. By 1420, Henry
was closing in on capital
city Paris
• At this point the could
have won french throne by
force but instead, he
signed the treaty of Troys
with The mad king Charles

12. The treaty of Troys
• The treaty agreed that
Henry V could marry Charles
daughter Catherine and on
Charles death Henry could
become the king of France
• However on 1422 Henry
died of dysentery while
campaign.
• he had lived just one month
more , he would outlawed
Charles VI and become both
king of England and France

13. • The end