King takes an arrow to the face! - Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403

🚩In 1403, a rebellion broke out in England that would culminate in one of the bloodiest battles to ever take place on English soil. On 21 July 1403, King Henry IV with his son Hal, the future Henry V, went head to head with a Northern traitor – Henry ‘Hotspur’. The Battle of Shrewsbury would pit rebel against royalist. Englishman against Englishman. At stake was the crown of England.
The lessons learned in this battle by the young Henry V would go on to prove crucial at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, one of England’s most important triumphs in the Hundred Years’ War.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
EpidemicSound
Filmstro

📚 Sources:
Shrewsbury 1403: Struggle for a Fragile Crown (2017) by Dickon Whitewood. Osprey Publishing. ISBN: 9781472826794.
The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England’s Self-Made King (2007) by Ian Mortimer. Published by Jonathan Cape. ISBN: 978-0-224-07300-4.
Hotspur: Henry Percy: Medieval Rebel (2022) by Andrew Boardman. First Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd (2003). ISBN: 978-1-80399-243-3.

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[AXharoth]

at 16 to keep fighting after getting arrow in your face is rly crazy brave, he def turned to course of this battle

[Neil-Salop]

I live in Shrewsbury and this is a very good account of what happened. Bravo for another fine presentation.

[Details]

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[WarMachine]

Wishing your father, HistoryMarche the First, a speedy recovery. May he regains his health and is back in the saddle very soon. Godspeed, my liege.

[davidaustin]

"Glass Boy" 😆 an apocryphal description of the French king who believed himself made of glass, but appropriate.

[Rome.s_Greatest_Enemy]

Big ups HistoryMarche for putting out one of my favourite English battles ...

the battle is iconic as one if the " what if " moments in history

and thanks for putting opposite colours like red / white for easy understanding in battle.. the yellow or green ones were hard to see in the grass

[RemusKingOfRome]

With a arrow 6" in his skull and deciding to fight harder, Young henry proved his kingly heritage.

[zoliking]

Say "Henry" one more time. I dare you. I double dare you.

[The_ZeroLine]

My family tree includes the Earl of Shrewsberry and I still share the same name. So, I get to be personally invested in this video!

[johnjohnson]

As someone from Shrewsbury thank you so much for pronouncing it correctly, people all over England pronounce it “shrowsbury” which we don’t, you nailed it

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[Iloveroullettegambler]

The animations have gotten better over the years.
Cheers to many more videos!

[Kazman]

Blessings to you and your father. Leave us here, we can wait for a long time for another video.

[Markjr]

Thanks historymarche for a another great historical English battle video!

[utgardaloki_skrymir]

I love HistoryMarche telling of old battles and wars waged.

[kennethknoppik]

Very sorry to hear about your father I hope he is doing better. 🙏

[Alex-swv]

"Assisted by the future Henry V..." Giving the result of the war away there! 🙂

[simulationcollapse]

Henry V after getting shot in the head: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

[McJibbin]

Amazing video as always! Keep up the great work!

[emilsazanda]

Great work as always! Looking forward to that Hannibal video arriving...