A short history of the hundred years war /

A short history of the hundred years war /

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Author / Creator:Prestwich, Michael, author.
Imprint:London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2018.
©2018
Description:1 online resource (xix, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:I.B.Tauris Short Histories
I.B. Tauris short histories.
Subject:
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12589718
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ISBN:9781786733269
1786733269
9781786723260
1786723263
9781788311373
178831137X
9781788311380
1788311388
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-219) and index.
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Prestwich, Michael. Short history of the hundred years war. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2018 9781788311373

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