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Published: 8th November 2001
ISBN: 9780415261319
Number Of Pages: 328
A lively survey that re-creates the story of the Hundred Years War - the longest war in European history.The Hundred Years War is a lively survey, re-creating the vigour of this turbulent epoch stretching from 1152 to 1453. The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a war which brought fundamental change in two medieval societies, and ushered in the Renaissance.The story of the conflict, its causes, battles, political struggles and consequences are told with colour and detail. This revised edition brings the scholarship on the conflict up to date and adds a new postscript examining the armies of the era.
| Prologue | p. xi |
| The Angevin Empire 1152-1223 | p. 1 |
| The Homage of Aquitaine 1154-1327 | p. 15 |
| Preparations for War 1328-32 | p. 33 |
| Arms and Armies 1332-40 | p. 52 |
| First Encounters 1330-46 | p. 68 |
| Crécy and Calais 1346-7 | p. 93 |
| The Black Prince and the Black Death 1348-56 | p. 109 |
| The Fall and Rise of France 1356-80 | p. 151 |
| Trouble in Two Kingdoms 1380-1407 | p. 173 |
| Riots and Rebellions 1400-13 | p. 189 |
| The Road to Agincourt 1413-15 | p. 199 |
| Agincourt to Troyes 1415-22 | p. 222 |
| Bedford, Burgundy, and the King of Bourges 1422-9 | p. 236 |
| The Maid of Orléans 1429-31 | p. 252 |
| The Congress of Arras 1431-5 | p. 266 |
| The End of the Struggle: Normandy and Aquitaine 1435-53 | p. 273 |
| Epilogue | p. 289 |
| p. 292 | |
| Bibliography | p. 301 |
| Index | p. 305 |
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ISBN: 9780415261319
ISBN-10: 0415261317
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 328
Published: 8th November 2001
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.59 x 13.97
x 1.75
Weight (kg): 0.39
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: New edition
