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The name of the Battle of Agincourt was decided on the same day by a group of heralds following both the English and French armies in order to make chronicling easier. Who organized and paid for these heralds? How common was this kind of formal information gathering across the Medieval World?

by /u/HandsomeLampshade123 in /r/AskHistorians

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