A short history of the hundred years war / Michael Prestwich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prestwich, Michael, author.

Series:

I.B. Tauris short histories

I.B.Tauris Short Histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.

Physical Description:

xix, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2018.

Summary:

"The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history. A bitter dynastic fight between Plantagenet and Valois, The Hundred Years War was fought out on the widest of stages while also creating powerful new nationalist identities. In his vivid new history, Michael Prestwich shows that it likewise involved large and charismatic individuals: Edward III, claimant to the French throne; his son Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince; wily architect of the first French victories, Bertrand du Guesclin; chivalric hero Jean Boucicaut; inspirational leader Henry V, unlikely winner at Agincourt (1415), who so nearly succeeded in becoming King of France; and the martyred Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc, thought to be divinely inspired. Offering an up-to-date analysis of military organization, strategy and tactics, including the deadly power of English archery, the author explains the wider politics in a masterful account of the War as a whole: from English victory at Sluys (1340) to the turn of the tide and French revival as the invader was driven back across the Channel."--Publisher supplied.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Causes of the War 1

Chapter 2 The First Phase, 1337-45 9

Chapter 3 Crécy and Calais 20

Chapter 4 Poitiers and Brétigny 32

Chapter 5 Peace and War, 1360-77 49

Chapter 6 New Kings, 1377-99 61

Chapter 7 English Forces in the Fourteenth Century 76

Chapter 8 French Forces in the Fourteenth Century 91

Chapter 9 The Logistics, of War 101

Chapter 10 Agincourt 112

Chapter 11 The Conquest of Normandy 127

Chapter 12 The Maid and the English Collapse 138

Chapter 13 Armies in the Fifteenth Century 155

Chapter 14 Profit and Loss 168

Chapter 15 Chivalry and War 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-219) and index.

ISBN:

9781788311373

178831137X

9781788311380

1788311388

OCLC:

1019660467