6 Instead, the primary methods of preserving the memory of Agincourt in the long term were cultural rather than institutional. However, the methods he chose, the celebration of Saints – St Crispin and St Crispinian and St John of Beverley, whose veneration was associated with the day of the battle (25 October) – did not survive the Reformation’s destruction of the cult of saints and the creation of a new, shifting Tudor and Stuart national calendar of celebrations, such as Elizabeth I’s accession (17 November), the defeat of the Armada (12 August) and Guy Fawkes Day (5 November). Henry V had attempted to securely embed the commemoration of the battle into the nation’s life. ![]() The ‘mainstream’ view of Agincourt in English culture that Joan of Arc attempted to contest was firmly established by the time Southey embarked on his epic poem the battle’s status as the pre-eminent victory over France in the Middle Ages – and one of the nation’s most glorious successes of any age – was of long standing. 5 This article argues that Southey’s attempt to attack national views of the battle was central to his aims in Joan of Arc and that, while he had limited success in changing Agincourt’s image, he did manage to find other ways of contesting memories of the Hundred Years War that have been of lasting significance. 4 But while aspects of Southey’s poem have received recent critical attention, what it has to say about Agincourt has largely been overlooked. 3 Southey was a leading poet, journalist, biographer, social commentator and historian of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-centuries and his poem attracted a great deal of attention and controversy. 2 This article corrects this situation by examining how Robert Southey’s epic poem Joan of Arc (1796) attempted to make its audience rethink their view of the most famous battle of the Hundred Years War. Some of these counter-narratives have received extended critical attention, but one that has not is controversy about the status of Agincourt. ![]() 1 But English culture also contains alternative, radical versions of many of these conflicts. The celebration of great battles has played a central role in the development of narratives of English national identity and the Battle of Agincourt (1415) has had a particularly prominent place in these accounts. ![]() ![]() All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS
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