A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUNDRED YEARS' WAR (1337-1453)

The battles of Poitiers, Crecy, Agincourt, the burgesses of Calais, the Siege of Orleans, the Black Prince's chevauchees, the ugliness of du Guesclin... And, of course, Joan, Joan of Arc, the Maid... The Hundred Years' War, that interminable conflict, opposing the two most powerful Kingdoms of the Western world in the XIVth and XVth centuries, conjures up for most of us a succession of disconnected, colourful images.A clear synthesis, by periods, of the hundred and sixteen years of this war opposing France and England. The multiple origins of the conflict including those going back to the Xth century, are particularly well analysed. Maps, plans of battles, genealogy of the monarchs of France and England and a glossary make all parts of the text easy to follow. CONTENTS : Introduction – Milestones - At the origins (911-1336) – The beginnings of the War (1337-1356) – Charles The Wise (1356-1380) – Armagnacs and Burgundians (1380-1429) – The ending of the conflict (1429-1453) – Renaissance… - Glossary – Battles and treaties – Among others – Some sites and monuments of The Hundred Years’ War.