French Armies of the Hundred Years War: 1328-1429 (Men-at-Arms Series 337)
David Nicolle, Angus McBride - French Armies of the Hundred Years War: 1328-1429
Osprey Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 1855327104 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 32.59 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 337
Osprey Publishing | 2000 | ISBN: 1855327104 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 32.59 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 337
The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a time of great upheaval for medieval France. In 1328 the Capetian line came to an end. This was the trigger for the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) as successive English kings attempted to uphold their claim to the French throne. Catastrophic defeats at Crécy and Poitiers shook the French kingdom to its core. A period of respite followed under Bertrand du Guesclin, but an even more devastating assault was to follow, under the warrior-king par excellence Henry V, and the French disintegration continued until 1429. This book details how the French began a recovery, partly triggered by the young visionary Joan of Arc, that would end with them as the major European military power.