Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

A major episode of the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Agincourt pitted French troops against the army of King Henry V of ...

Royal Navy chiefs have come under fire for dropping plans to name a new attack submarine after the Battle of Agincourt, in which England defeated France. The seventh and final Astute-class ...

The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...

The vessel was to be named after the Battle of Agincourt in the Hundred Years’ War, in which the French suffered a heavy defeat against an English and Welsh Army led by Henry V. The name ...

Six ships have previously borne the name, earning six battle honours, including the River Plate and Okinawa." Agincourt inspired Shakespeare’s Henry V — famously played by Kenneth Branagh in a 1989 ...

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting ... construction hunter-killer sub after the 1415 battle would remind the French of their defeat ...

Agincourt refers to a battle England won against France in 1415, as part of the Hundred Years' War. The move was also called "woke" and "pathetic" by another former Tory defence minister ...

The seventh and final Astute-class submarine, which is under construction for the Royal Navy, was due to be named HMS Agincourt. It would have become the sixth vessel to be named after the battle ...

The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting ... the sixth vessel to be named after the 1415 battle, where Henry V routed the forces of France ...