Description
| Product ID: | 9781855327108 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
| Title: | French Armies of the Hundred Years War |
| Authors: | Author: Dr David Nicolle, Angus McBride |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Land forces and warfare, Weapons and equipment, Military uniforms / insignia, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Land forces & warfare, Weapons & equipment, Uniforms & insignia, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In text, photographs and colour plates, this book describes the uniforms, weaponary and military customs of the French Medieval armies. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-02-15 |
