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El Reg revisits Battle of Agincourt on 600th anniversary

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Re: Slight historical inaccuracy

> It was actually the French-speaking Anglo-French

No, it wasn't. English had been growing in popularity in court circles through the 14th century and was made officially the language of court by Edward III in the 1360s. It remained so under Richard II and Henry IV and by Henry V's time, most court officials could no longer even speak French.

English or Latin was the choice of documents, because people could read them. Take your revisionist twaddle and shove it.

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