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Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known charactersHenry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many othersas well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years Wars impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost.
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Copyright 2014 David Green
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Green, David, 1969
The Hundred Years War : a peoples history / David Green.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-300-13451-3 (cl : alk. paper)
1. Hundred Years War, 1339-1453. 2. FranceHistory, Military13281589. 3. Great BritainHistory, Military10661485. 4. FranceForeign relationsGreat Britain. 5. Great BritainForeign relationsFrance. I. Title. II. Title: 100 Years War.
DC96.G74 2014
944.025dc23
2014014233
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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Contents
Chronology
1327 | death of Edward II of England; accession of Edward III (r. to 1377) |
1328 | death of Charles IV (Capetian dynasty) of France; accession of Philippe VI (Valois dynasty) (r. to 1350); treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton (the Shameful Peace) |
1329 | death of Robert I of Scotland (Robert Bruce); accession of David II (r. to 1371) |
1332 | battle of Dupplin Moor (12 August) |
1333 | battle of Halidon Hill (19 July) |
1337 | Philippe VI confiscates the duchy of Gascony Anglo-French hostilities begin |
133840 | Cambrsis campaign |
1339 | French raid Channel Islands, south coast of England and Gascon coastal towns |
1340 | battle of Sluys (24 June); siege of Tournai (JulySeptember); truce of Esplechin (25 September); Edward III makes a formal claim for the French throne (arrogation of the fleur de lys on the English royal coat of arms) |
1342 | battle of Morlaix (30 September) |
1346 | battle of Crcy (26 August); siege of Calais begins (4 September); battle of Nevilles Cross (17 October) |
1347 | Edward III captures Calais (August); outbreak of the Black Death in France |
1348 | foundation of the Order of the Garter; outbreak of the Black Death in England |
1350 | battle of Winchelsea (29 August); accession of Jean II le Bon of France (r. to 1364); foundation of the Company of the Star (Company of Our Lady of the Noble House); accession of Pedro I the Cruel of Castile (r. to 1366/136769) |
1351 | Statute of Labourers (England) |
1352 | Statute of Treasons (England) |
1355 | the grande chevauche (OctoberDecember) |
1356 | battle of Poitiers (19 September) |
1358 | revolt of the Jacquerie (France) |
135960 | Reims campaign |
1360 | treaty of Brtigny-Calais (MayOctober) |
1362 | battle of Brignais (6 April) |
1364 | battle of Cocherel (16 May); battle of Auray (29 September); accession of Charles V le Sage (r. to 1380) |
1366 | accession of Enrique II of Castile (r. to 1367/136979) |
1367 | battle of Njera (3 April) |
1369 | Charles V confiscates principality of Aquitaine Anglo-French hostilities resume |
1370 | Bertrand du Guesclin (d. 1380) appointed Constable of France; siege of Limoges (September) |
1371 | accession of Robert II of Scotland (Stuart dynasty) (r. to 1390) |
137173 | French recapture Poitou, the Aunis and the Saintonge |
1372 | battle of La Rochelle (2223 June) |
1376 | the Good Parliament (AprilJuly); death of Edward the Black Prince (8 June) |
1377 | accession of Richard II (r. to 1399); papacy returns to Rome from Avignon |
1378 | Great Schism begins (papacy) |
1380 | accession of Charles VI (r. to 1422); Olivier IV de Clisson appointed constable of France (dismissed 1392) |
1381 | Peasants Revolt (England) |
1383 | Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, launches crusade to Flanders |
1385 | battle of Aljubarrota (14 August) |
1386 | Merciless Parliament (FebruaryJune) |
1390 | accession of Robert III of Scotland (r. to 1424) |
1392 | first signs of Charles VIs madness |
1396 | 28-year-truce agreed (9 March); Richard II marries Isabella of France; battle of Nicopolis (25 September) |
1399 | accession of Henry IV (Lancastrian dynasty) (r. to 1413) |
1404 | death of Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy (27 April) |
1405 | French troops sent to support Owain Glyn Drs revolt in Wales |
1407 | assassination of Louis, duke of Orlans (23 November) |
1409 | Council of Pisa |
1411 | Orlanists/Armagnac and Burgundian factions both seek aid from Henry IV |
1413 | accession of Henry V (r. to 1422); cabochienne uprisings in Paris (AprilMay) |
141418 | Council of Constance |
1415 | siege of Harfleur; battle of Agincourt (25 October) |
1416 | Anglo-Imperial alliance secures the neutrality of Emperor Sigismund in the Anglo-French war |
1417 | Henry V invades Normandy |
1418 | Jean the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, secures control of Paris; Henry V besieges Rouen (July) |
1419 | surrender of Rouen (January); assassination of Jean the Fearless (10 September) |
1420 | battle of Fresnay (3 March); treaty of Troyes (21 May) |
1421 | battle of Baug (22 March); death of Thomas, duke of Clarence |
1422 | accession of Henry VI of England (r. to 1461; 147071); accession of Charles VII of France (r. to 1461) |
1423 | battle of Cravant (31 July) |
1424 | accession of James I of Scotland (r. to 1437); battle of Verneuil (17 August) |
1425 | Artur de Richemont appointed constable of France (7 March) |
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