Agincourt 600 Wales – Cymru

Reverend Dr Saskia Barnden will give a talk followed by a Q&A session at Monmouth Priory on 24 October @ 3pm. Tickets £4 on door includes tea.

Commemorating the victorious Battle of Agincourt, Caldicot Castle is hosting a medieval banquet with the Plantagenets and the Monmouthshire Minstrels. Book your seat at the table and come in Medieval dress to mark this memorable occasion. Places are limited. 5 course Medieval banquet with ale, wine and mead and authentic medieval entertainment. £40 pp adults only

On the day of the 600th anniversary  of the battle of Agincourt, the most famous victory of the Middle Ages, Monmouth Museum presents medieval historian and best selling author Juliet Barker who will discuss how and why it happened, reveal the personal stories of some of those involved and demonstrate how, above all else, this momentous battle was a personal victory for one man: Monmouth’s most famous son – Henry V. Juliet Barker is an internationally recognised authority on medieval history whose…

Service at Brecon Cathedral, followed by evening service at 6pm at St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny.

AGINCOURT REVISITED The Unicorn Singers’ contribution to this year’s Agincourt Anniversary celebrations looks set to be one of the most authentic to date. Through their reconstruction of a 600-year-old thanksgiving service that Henry V himself would recognise, the singers hope to connect us with the distant world of medieval Britain. Henry V, the charismatic soldier prince and idolised king, who surrounded his court with many a great composer of the age, was apparently no mean musician himself. The Singers  have…

Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from the French Dauphin, Henry gathers his troops and prepares for a war that he hopes will unite his country. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s History Plays with Henry V performed in the 600th anniversary year…

Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from the French Dauphin, Henry gathers his troops and prepares for a war that he hopes will unite his country. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s History Plays with Henry V performed in the 600th anniversary year…