Oct. 19th, 2011

charlie_cochrane: (Hattis)
Have just started reading Juliet Barker's book about Agincourt. Not an era I know much about, but I love both the Olivier and Kenny Branagh Henry Vs. (Derek Jacobi as chorus - cor!) Am only a few pages in, loving it and have discovered:
The English claim to the French throne was only finally and formally renounced with the Treaty of Amiens, 1802.
The motto of the kings of the time, Dieu et mon droit, refers to their 'right' to the French throne.

You could fill books with what I don't know...
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