The Black Prince and the Capture of a King

The Black Prince and the Capture of a King
Author :
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 302
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612004525
ISBN-13 : 1612004520
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Black Prince and the Capture of a King by : Marilyn Livingstone

Download or read book The Black Prince and the Capture of a King written by Marilyn Livingstone and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “taut narrative” of the fourteenth-century conflict between England and France offers “a detailed, climactic account of a legendary battle” (Publishers Weekly). The epic fourteenth-century Battle of Poitiers marked a major turn in the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. Prince Edward, known to all as the Black Prince, not only won a surprising victory in his first campaign as commander, but managed the nearly impossible feat of taking the French monarch, King Jean II, prisoner. In the summer of 1356, Prince Edward drove toward the Loire Valley, deep in French territory. There, he met the full French army led by King Jean and a number of French nobles, including veterans of the defeat at Crécy ten years before. Outnumbered, the Prince fell back, but in September, he turned near the city of Poitiers to make a stand. Historians Witzel and Livingstone provide a day-by-day description of the campaign of July to September 1356, climaxing with a vivid description of the Battle of Poitiers itself. The detailed account and analysis of the battle and the campaigns that led up to it has a strong focus on the people involved in the campaign: ordinary men-at-arms and noncombatants, as well as princes and nobles.


The Black Prince and the Capture of a King Related Books

The Black Prince and the Capture of a King
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Marilyn Livingstone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-19 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This “taut narrative” of the fourteenth-century conflict between England and France offers “a detailed, climactic account of a legendary battle” (Publis
The Black Prince's Expedition
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: H.J. Hewitt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-10-28 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Edward, the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history. The first son of Edward III and an outstanding military leader, he is famous for h
In the Steps of the Black Prince
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Peter Hoskins
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-19 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The author has retraced on foot the routes taken by the Black Prince during the French campaigns of 1355-1356, enabling him to provide an entirely new dimension
Authorities in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Sini Kangas
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-30 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in
Cressy and Poictiers; Or, The Story of the Black Prince's Page
Language: en
Pages: 440
Authors: John George Edgar
Categories: Crécy, Battle of, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, France, 1346
Type: BOOK - Published: 1865 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK