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Informationen zum Autor John A. Wagner , PhD, has taught British and U.S. history at Phoenix College and at Arizona State University. Klappentext Provides clear, concise, and basic descriptions and definitions to over 260 key people, events, and terms relating to the series of conflicts between France and England in the 14th and 15th centuries that later came to be known as the Hundred Years War. The Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War provides its users with clear, concise, and basic descriptions and definitions of people, events, and terms relating in some significant way to the series of intermittent conflicts that occurred between France and England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and that later came to be known collectively as the Hundred Years War. Because this volume focuses exclusively on war itself-what caused it, how it was fought, and what effects it had on the political, social, economic, and cultural life of England and France-it is not a general overview of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century history in either country, but a specialized treatment of the Anglo-French warfare that occurred during those centuries. Entries cover battles, leaders, truces and treaties, military terms and tactics, and sources for the war, including the plays of William Shakespeare, who has long been an important if not always reliable source for information about the people and events of the Hundred Years War. The Encyclopedia was written primarily for students and other nonspecialists who have an interest-but little background-in this period of European history. Besides providing a highly usable resource for quickly looking up names and terms encountered in reading or during study, the Encyclopedia offers an excellent starting point for classroom or personal research on subjects relating to the course, causes, and consequences of the Hundred Years War. All entries conclude with suggested further readings. A comprehensive bibliography completes the encyclopedia, which is fully indexed. Zusammenfassung The Hundred Years War is the name historians have given to a series of bloody but intermittent conflicts between France and England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This encyclopedia provides descriptions and definitions of people! events! and terms relating in some significant way to these conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Entries Guide to Related Topics Preface Acknowledgments Chronology: The Hundred Years War Maps ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR Appendix 1: Genealogies Appendix 2: Chronological Listing of Major Battles, Sieges, and Campaigns Appendix 3: European Monarchs and Rulers, 1250s-1450s Appendix 4: Popes, 1294-1455 Appendix 5: Holders of Selected English, French, and Continental Titles of Nobility during the Hundred Years War Appendix 6: Constables and Marshals of France and England during the Hundred Years War Appendix 7: Counties, Duchies, and Regions of Medieval France Appendix 8: Annotated Listing of Selected Sources for the Hundred Years War Bibliography Index ...
