Conquest : the English kingdom of France, 1417-1450 / Juliet Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Juliet R. V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461.

Charles.

Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.

Joan.

Heads of state--France--15th century.

Heads of state.

France--History--Charles VII, 1422-1461.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 p.)

Edition:

1st North American ed.

Other Title:

English kingdom of France, 1417-1450

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the sword—an all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Years’ War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid life in Conquest. Following Agincourt, Henry V’s second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. Buoyed by conquest, the English army seemed invincible. By the time of Henry’s premature death in 1422, nearly all of northern France lay in his hands and the Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited. Only the appearance of a visionary peasant girl who claimed divine guidance, Joan of Arc, was able to halt the English advance, but not for long. Just six months after her death, Henry’s young son was crowned in Paris as the first—and last—English king of France. Henry VI’s kingdom endured for twenty years, but when he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. The dauphin whom Joan had crowned Charles VII would finally drive the English out of France. Barker recounts these stirring events—the epic battles and sieges, plots and betrayals—through a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot, the “English Achilles,” and John, duke of Bedford, regent of France, to brutal mercenaries, opportunistic freebooters, resourceful spies, and lovers torn apart by the conflict.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

NOTES TO THE TEXT

MAPS

CHAPTER ONE. Invasion

CHAPTER TWO. Conquest

CHAPTER THREE. Heir of France

CHAPTER FOUR. The English Kingdom of France

CHAPTER FIVE. Resistance

CHAPTER SIX. A Second Agincourt

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Pucelle

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Siege of Orléans

CHAPTER NINE. A New King of France

CHAPTER TEN. Capture

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Trial and Execution

CHAPTER TWELVE. A Year of Disasters

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Recovery

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Disorder and Defeat

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Treaty of Arras

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Fall of Paris

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Defending Normandy

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Gains and Losses

CHAPTER NINETEEN. Missed Opportunities

CHAPTER TWENTY. A Last Military Effort

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. A Truce and a Marriage

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Concessions for Peace

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. The Surrender of Maine

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. The Truce Breaks Down

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Reconquest

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[438]-446) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

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ISBN:

9780674070257

0674070259

9780674064751

0674064755

OCLC:

804897600