French Armies of the Hundred Years War
Men-at-Arms
David Nicolle
ISBN: | 9781855327108 |
Publisher: | Osprey Publishing (UK) |
Published: | 28 February, 2000 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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French Armies of the Hundred Years War
Men-at-Arms
David Nicolle
The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a time of great upheaval for medieval France. In 1328 the Capetian line came to an end. This was the trigger for the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) as successive English kings attempted to uphold their claim to the French throne. Catastrophic defeats at Crecy and Poitiers shook the French kingdom to its core. A period of respite followed under Bertrand du Guesclin, but an even more devastating assault was to follow, under the warrior-king par excellence Henry V, and the French disintegration continued until 1429. This book details how the French began a recovery, partly triggered by the young visionary Joan of Arc, that would end with them as the major European military power."
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