Professor Anne Curry BA, MA, PhD, FRHistS, FSA, FHA
Emeritus Professor of Medieval History
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Professor Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History
My special interest is the Hundred Years War, especially the battle of Agincourt, English armies and Joan of Arc. I was principal investigator on a major AHRC project which led to the creation of an on-line database of soldiers serving between 1369 and 1453 ( medievalsoldier.org ). On that website you can also find an Agincourt 600 section where I have put the results of my researches on English and French armies at the battle.
2015 – the 600th anniversary of Agincourt – was amazing for me. I was heavily involved in the commemorations and, as chair of Trustees of the Agincourt 600 charity, in making grants from the £1m received from HM Government. The greatest honour was being invited to speak in English and French on the day itself (25 October) at the inauguration of a new monument on the battlefield. To read more visit agincourt600.com .
I was heavily involved in the creation of a new museum at Azincourt, which opened in September 2019. At the Historial of Joan of Arc at Rouen you can see me as a hologram and ask me questions! I have also worked with French historians on an exhibition in Troyes to commemorate the treaty sealed there on 21 May 1420 which made Henry V heir to the French throne.
My current research focus is the English army in Normandy between 1415 and 1450. I have been awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship to produce an on-line calendar of the Norman rolls of Henry V. I completed a project to put online all of the Gascon rolls from 1317 to 1467 ( gasconrolls.org ). I am also working with colleagues from the Universities of Reading, Oxford and Glasgow on an AHRC project on the Peasants’ Revolt (‘The People of 1381’).
I was a Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, President of the Historical Association (2006-9), and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southampton (2010-18). I have been a Trustee of the Royal Armouries and am currently Chair of The Battlefields Trust (battlefieldstrust.com), and Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fletchers (fletchers.org.uk).
I am always keen to give talks and academic papers on my research, and happy to receive any Agincourt-related and Hundred Years War queries . Please contact me on [email protected].
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Great Battles - Agincourt
One of the most famous and enduring battles in English history, immortalized in Shakespeare's Henry V.
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Henry V
Agincourt was a battle that Henry should not have won - but he did, and the rest is history...
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The Battle of Agincourt
This comprehensive, illustrated volume provides a defining reassessment of England’s legendary victory on the fields of Agincourt on October 25, 1415.
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I was President of the Historical Association 2006-9, and am now a Trustee of the Royal Armouries. Please contact me if would like me to give a talk, or if you are interested in postgraduate research in my field, or have any Agincourt-related queries and news.