Edward III and the Triumph of England
The Battle of Crécy and the Company of the Garter
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is a book about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, but it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Barber's book is a remarkable achievement - but also an extremely enjoyable one.
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This is a book about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, but it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Barber's book is a remarkable achievement - but also an extremely enjoyable one.
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The destruction of the French army at Crécy in 1346 and the subsequent siege and capture of Calais marked a new era in European history. The most powerful, glamorous and respected of all western monarchies had been completely humiliated by England, a country long viewed either as a chaotic backwater or a mere French satellite.The young Edward III's triumph would launch both countries, as we now know, into a grim cycle of some 90 years of further fighting ending with English defeat, but after Crécy anything seemed possible - Edward's claim to be King of France could be pressed home and, in any event, enormous rewards of land, treasure and prestige were available both to the king and to the close companions who had made the victory possible. It was to enshrine this moment that Edward created one of the most famous of all knightly orders, the Company of the Garter.
Barber writes about both the great campaigns and the individuals who formed the original membership of the Company -and through their biographies makes the period tangible and fascinating. This is a book about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, but it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Barber's book is a remarkable achievement - but also an extremely enjoyable one.
Autoren-Porträt von Richard Barber
Richard Barber ist Mittelalterhistoriker und Verleger. Er verfasste eine Reihe von Büchern, deren Spektrum vom Rittertum über den Schwarzen Prinzen bis zu Artusdichtung und Gralsmythos reicht. Die Historikerin Juliet Barker schrieb ein vielgelesenes Werk über das Turnier in England sowie Bücher über englische Kultur des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Richard Barber
- 2014, 672 Seiten, Maße: 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0141020679
- ISBN-13: 9780141020679
Sprache:
Englisch
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