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Azincourt (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 50 27 45 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.4626 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 07 44 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.1289 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at foot of Artois hills; site of battle during Hundred Years' War, when English Henry V defeated French feudal army, though English were vastly outnumbered; victory led to the conquest of much of France; immortalized in Shakespeare's play Henry V. |
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| Azincourt (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Azincourt (French-P,U,N)
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| Agincourt (C,V,English,U,N)
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Azincourt (inhabited place) (P,H) to Flanders at various times during medieval period; was part of the area ceded to France in the 17th and 18th centuries |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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recorded as medieval village |
| town (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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in 1145 |
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