John Talbot and the War in France, 1427-1453
| Author | : A. J. Pollard |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
John Talbot The War In France 1427 1453
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John Talbot & the War in France, 1427–1453
| Author | : A. J. Pollard |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2005-11-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473815630 |
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was the last of the celebrated English commanders of the Hundred Years' War. In his lifetime his reputation for audacity and courage gave him an unrivalled fame among the English, and he was feared and admired by the French. A.J. Pollard, in this pioneering and perceptive account, reconstructs the long career of this extraordinary soldier and offers a fascinating insight into warfare in the late medieval period. Talbot was the last representative of generations of brave, brutal warriors whose appetite for glory and personal gain had sustained English policy in France since the time of Edward III. His defeat and death at the Battle of Castillon on 17 July 1453 marked the end of the wars. It was also the final act in a heroic but savage tradition.
The Fall of English France 1449–53
| Author | : David Nicolle |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2012-02-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1849086176 |
A highly illustrated account of the defeat of the English Kingdom in France at the battles of Formigny (1450) and Castillon (1453). Despite the great English victories at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the French eventually triumphed in the Hundred Years War. This book examines the last campaign of the war, covering the great battles at Formigny in 1450 and Castillon in 1453, both of which hold an interesting place in military history. The battle of Fornigny saw French cavalry defeat English archers in a reverse of those earlier English victories, while Castillon became the first great success for gunpowder artillery in fixed positions. Alongside battlescene maps and illustrations, David Nicolle explains how the seemingly unmartial King Charles VII of France all but drove the English into the sea, succeeding where so many of his predecessors had failed.
Old Age in Late Medieval England
| Author | : Joel T. Rosenthal |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 1996-08-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780812233551 |
This view of a society composed of the aged as well as of the young and the middle aged is reinforced by an examination of peers, bishops, and members of parliament and urban office holders, for whom demographic and career-length information exists. Many individuals had active careers until near the end of their lives; the aged were neither rarities nor outcasts within their world.
Medieval Hostageship c.700-c.1500
| Author | : Matthew Bennett |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2016-09-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134996128 |
This volume explores the issues of taking, using and being hostages in the Middle Ages. It brings together recent research in the areas of hostages and hostageships, looking at the act of hostage-taking and the hostages themselves through the lenses of political and social history. Building upon previous work, this volume in particular critically examines not only the situations of hostages and hostageships but also the broader social and political context of each situation, developing a more complete picture of the phenomenon.
Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century
| Author | : Kelly DeVries |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0851155715 |
This book departs from the conventional view of the dominance of cavalry in medieval warfare, demonstrating the importance of infantry, and the nature of infantry tactics, through a detailed examination of 19 battles fought between 1302 and 1347.
Reader's Guide to Military History
| Author | : Charles Messenger |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 2817 |
| Release | : 2013-10-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1135959773 |
This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
Crusades
| Author | : Benjamin Z. Kedar |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2017-02-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1315305739 |
Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Routledge publishes this journal for The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. Particular attention is given to the publication of historical sources in all relevant languages - narrative, homiletic and documentary - in trustworthy editions, but studies and interpretative essays are welcomed too. Crusades also incorporates the Society's Bulletin.
Just Wars and Moral Victories
| Author | : David Whetham |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004171533 |
While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases where surprise or deception were not employed and advantages were therefore sacrificed. This work argues that understanding these apparent inconsistencies requires an appreciation of the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thought. Through taking this approach, chivalric warfare can be seen for what it was - a very real framework or system of rules that allowed a result or decision to be reached which could be accepted by both sides.
The English Experience in France c.1450-1558
| Author | : David Grummitt |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2017-11-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1351723871 |
This title was first published in 2002: This collection of essays is based on papers delivered at a conference held at the Public Record Office in November 1999. The purpose of the book is to highlight the close links between England and France and the role of England and Englishmen in Renaissance Europe. It provides a statement of current research by the leading scholars in that field and should serve as a basis both for teaching and for further work. It is necessary to fill the gap that exists in the history of this period, which is currently concentrated in narrative, diplomatic history or general surveys of the role of England in Europe. This coherent set of essays, built around complementary themes, and with the addition of a historiographical and thematic introduction, focuses solely on England and France in the period after the end of the Hundred Years War and before the onset of French Wars of Religion.
