Kyle Glover

In XIXth-century France, regional historical societies started to give thought to the commemoration of defeats that had occurred centuries earlier in medieval period. The principle underlying this second phase of commemoration was perfectly articulated at the beginning of the XXth century by Robert Triger, a prominent local scholar from the Maine region, during a ceremony honoring the great French knight Captain of the Hundred Years' War Ambroise de Loré: "The primary duty of a nation that wishes to remain valiant and respected is to honor its heroes and pay tribute to the patriots who, in difficult times, fought courageously for national independence." Commemoration had thus become a patriotic duty owed to those who had given or risked their lives for France or even today, a collective commemoration between the two countries, France and England, as is the case with Agincourt.