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Zusatztext 'Tells the story of the whole war with accomplished clarity.' - Richard Cavendish! Literary Review'Robin Neillands takes the story back to the roots of the quarrel ... a lively tale! well illustrated with maps and photographs.' - France Magazine Informationen zum Autor Robin Neillands Klappentext The Hundred Years War is a lively survey, re-creating the vigour of this turbulent epoch stretching from 1152 to 1453. The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a war which brought fundamental change in two medieval societies, and ushered in the Renaissance.The story of the conflict, its causes, battles, political struggles and consequences are told with colour and detail. This revised edition brings the scholarship on the conflict up to date and adds a new postscript examining the armies of the era. Zusammenfassung A lively survey that re-creates the story of the Hundred Years War – the longest war in European history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1 The Angevin Empire 1152-1223 2 The homage of Aquitaine 1154-1327 3 Preparations for war 1328-32 4 Arms and armies 1332-40 5 First encounters 1330-46 6 Crecy and Calais 1346-7 7 Crecy and Calais 1346-7 8 The fall and rise of France 1356-80 9 Trouble in two kingdoms 1380-1407 10 Riots and rebellions 1400-13 11 The road to Agincourt 1413-15 12 Agincourt to Troyes 1415-22 13 Bedford, Burgundy, and the King of Bourges 1422-9 14 The Maid of Orleans 1429-31 15 The Congress of Arras 1431-5 16 The end of the struggle: Normandy and Aquitaine 1435-53 Epilogue
