155 Henry VIth – The Wonder Years

VerneuilWhile Bedford and talented commanders like Salisbury were alive, the cause of the English in France was far from dead. But in 1423, buoyed by the arrival of the Scots, the French launched a fresh campaign into Normandy, and quickly took the mighty town of Verneuil.

155 Henry VIth – The Wonder Years

 The Battle of Verneuil

The French offensive of 1424 started with a surprisingly easy capture of the town of Verneuil by the Scottish commander, Douglas. The English army was probably of the order of 8,500 men, probably with about 2,000 men at arms and the rest archers. The French and Scottish contingent was of the order of 16,000 strong. 

The Battle of Verneuil

 

 

2 thoughts on “155 Henry VIth – The Wonder Years

  1. Hi,
    I just got to this episode, and in the weekly word bit you mention that the words “inept” and “inert” have no positive counterparts contrary to what one might expect due to the “-in” affix.
    Well, you were only partially right. True, the words “ept” and “ert” do not exist in English, but the Latin “ineptus, -a, um” is the antonym of “aptus, -a, -um”, which of course gives us the English “apt”, and likewise “iners, -tis” comes from “ars, -tis”, giving us English “art”. So these also are words whose negative was lost over time, only it was lost before being imported to English.
    By the way, I still haven’t caught up with the podcast in real time, but I do hope the weekly word thing continues. Absolutely loving it.

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