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- The image makes the claim that the gesture derives from English soldiers at the Battle of Agincourt, France in 1415. This claim is false. The post alleges that the French had planned to cut off the middle fingers of all captured English soldiers, to inhibit them from drawing their longbows in future battles.
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Sep 29, 1999 · The 'middle finger salute' is derived from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fingers had been severed by the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
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May 14, 2020 · The “middle finger” gesture does not derive from the mutilation of English archers at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Some historians trace its origins to ancient Rome. This article was ...
Jan 31, 2020 · While Americans ‘flip the bird’ with a single middle finger, the British have traditionally achieved the same with two. The two-fingered salute, or backwards victory or V-sign, made with the middle and index fingers, is said to have originated with English archers at Agincourt in 1415.
Jul 21, 2016 · In the Battle of Agincourt, the French threatened the English Soldiers that they would cut off their fingers and when they failed the Englishmen mocked them by showing their fingers. Image...
Oct 25, 2015 · Five Myths about the Battle of Agincourt. Anne Curry explains that “no other battle has generated so much interest or some much myth” as the Battle of Agincourt, fought on October 25, 1415. During the 600th anniversary of the battle, Anne Curry published Agincourt, part of the Great Battles Series from Oxford University Press, in which she ...
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Jul 16, 2015 · Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future.
Sep 26, 2017 · But why do we use our middle finger to express anger? And why do we call it “the bird.” Suggestions range from The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 to Ancient Rome.
