Azincourt
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Azincourt （French pronunciation: [azɛ̃kuʁ]）, historically known in English as Agincourt （/ˈædʒɪnkɔːr（t）/ AJ-in-kor（t））, is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
The Battle of Agincourt （1415） took place nearby.
Situated 12 miles （19 kilometres） north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges The toponym is attested as Aisincurt in 1175,
derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt 'farm with a courtyard' （Late Latin cortem）.
It has no etymological connection in French with Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle （attested as Egincourt 875）, which is derived from another Germanic male name *Ingin-.
The battle was named after a nearby castle called Azincourt.
The modern settlement has in turn been named after the battle in the 17th century.
Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d'Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France,
which has gone down in history as the Battle of Agincourt.
According to M. Forrest, the French knights were so encumbered by their armour that they were exhausted even before the start of the battle.
Later on, when he became king in 1509, Henry VIII is supposed to have commissioned an English translation of a Life of Henry V so that he could emulate him,
on the grounds that he thought that launching a campaign against France would help him to impose himself on the European stage.
In 1513, Henry VIII crossed the English Channel, stopping by at Azincourt.
The battlefield today The battle, as was the tradition, was named after a nearby castle called Azincourt.
The castle has since disappeared and the settlement now known as Azincourt adopted the name in the seventeenth century.
John Cassell wrote in 1857 that "the village of Azincou...
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