'Compulsively readable' (History), this is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history.
La Guerre de Cent AnsSéries
Cette série plonge dans la période tumultueuse de la Guerre de Cent Ans, un conflit qui a remodelé le paysage européen. Elle offre des aperçus profonds sur les machinations politiques, les tactiques militaires et les destins entrelacés des dirigeants et du peuple. Les lecteurs découvriront un récit captivant des affrontements qui ont forgé l'Angleterre et la France médiévales. C'est une lecture essentielle pour les passionnés d'histoire, offrant un regard fascinant sur une époque charnière.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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Covers the period from the Truce of Calais, in 1347, to the 1367 victory at Najera, and its aftermath.
- 3
Contemporaries in both countries believed that they were living through memorable times: times of great wickedness and great achievement, of collective mediocrity but intense personal heroism, of extremes of wealth and poverty, fortune and failure.
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Hundred Years War Vol 4
- 928pages
- 33 heures de lecture
In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse and a partial conquest by a foreign power. This book tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family.