England, France and Aquitaine (ePub)
From Victory to Defeat in the Hundred Years War
(Sprache: Englisch)
The author of The Unseen Terror "looks at the fortunes of Richard II and Charles VI of France in a fascinating account of that war" (Books Monthly).
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of...
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of...
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The author of The Unseen Terror "looks at the fortunes of Richard II and Charles VI of France in a fascinating account of that war" (Books Monthly).
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of the English and loss of Gascony and Bordeaux-a huge blow to English prestige and economic interest. This is a military history with technical detail, linked to high politics, courtly intrigue, dynastic ambition, economic interest (wine trade and Bordeaux).
The story revolves around the death of two Kings, Henry V of England, soon after his military triumphs, and Charles VI of France, in 1422. Both had historic claims to the "French fiefs." Henry was succeeded by Richard II, and Charles was succeeded by Charles VII. The contrast could hardly have been greater between Richard, a diffident, scholarly and religious figure, in an age when kings were expected to be aggressive leaders and military commanders; and Charles-an able politician, soldier and, in modern parlance, a "hard man," who embodied the 15th century concept of kingship. Intermittent but constant warfare continued until English defeat in 1476 and the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux, and the Peace of Picquigny brought to an end a decisive episode in the Hundred Years War, foreshadowing England's future total withdrawal from France.
"An entertaining and informative review of the conflict and the factors leading up to the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux." -Firetrench
"[Ballard] teases apart the very tangled web of alliances, treaties, and double-dealing in a very clear concise and easy to follow way." -Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of the English and loss of Gascony and Bordeaux-a huge blow to English prestige and economic interest. This is a military history with technical detail, linked to high politics, courtly intrigue, dynastic ambition, economic interest (wine trade and Bordeaux).
The story revolves around the death of two Kings, Henry V of England, soon after his military triumphs, and Charles VI of France, in 1422. Both had historic claims to the "French fiefs." Henry was succeeded by Richard II, and Charles was succeeded by Charles VII. The contrast could hardly have been greater between Richard, a diffident, scholarly and religious figure, in an age when kings were expected to be aggressive leaders and military commanders; and Charles-an able politician, soldier and, in modern parlance, a "hard man," who embodied the 15th century concept of kingship. Intermittent but constant warfare continued until English defeat in 1476 and the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux, and the Peace of Picquigny brought to an end a decisive episode in the Hundred Years War, foreshadowing England's future total withdrawal from France.
"An entertaining and informative review of the conflict and the factors leading up to the loss of Gascony and Bordeaux." -Firetrench
"[Ballard] teases apart the very tangled web of alliances, treaties, and double-dealing in a very clear concise and easy to follow way." -Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
Autoren-Porträt von Ballard Richard Ballard
Richard Ballard is a historian of France specialising in the French Revolution with two outstanding works, The Unseen Terror: The French Revolution in the Provinces and A new Dictionary of the French Revolution. But he has turned his research and writing skills, as an essentially accessible author, to the late late middle ages. He has researched deeply the French archives - national and provincial - and in secondary works, including rare contemporary medieval and modern works. He read history at Oxford and taught history at Eton, Wells Cathedral School, Haileybury College and Westminster School. He lives in Paris in Avenue St Cloud Versailles - good for archives.
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- Autor: Ballard Richard Ballard
- 2020, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Pen and Sword Military
- ISBN-10: 1526768607
- ISBN-13: 9781526768605
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2020
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