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1429 gelang es Jeanne d'Arc, den englischen Belagerungsring um Orléans, dem Schlüssel zu Südfrankreich, zu sprengen. Damit begann die Wende im Hundertjährigen Krieg (1337-1453), in dem zeitweise halb Frankreich von den Engländern besetzt war. Nach dem Tod Karls IV. erhob der englische König Ansprüche auf den französischen Thron. Dies führte zu dem dramatischsten kriegerischen Großereignis des Spätmittelalters. Anne Curry gelingt es, die wechse...

The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, prominent throughout the language and life of the time.

Highly illustrated guide to the Battle of Agincourt and Henry V's 1415 campaign. Allows the visitor to explore the Agincourt battlefield and the route of the English army across northern France. Featuring itineraries for drivers, cyclists and walkers.

An anniversary edition of the classic work on the Battle of Agincourt, which took place 600 years ago. Updated with a new foreword and additional material.

In the mid-twentieth century, American plant breeders, frustrated by their dependence on natural variation in creating new crops and flowers, eagerly sought technologies that could extend human control over nature. Their search led them to celebrate a series of strange tools: an x-ray beam directed at dormant seeds, a drop of chromosome-altering colchicine on a flower bud, a piece of radioactive cobalt in a field of growing crops. According to...

A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

Latest title, destined to be the Agincourt sourcebook for years to come, in the Warfare in History: Sources and Interpretations series.

a great teaching tool for every aspect of medieval history... a remarkable book'. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY

A study of various aspects of late medieval military history.

Although the term 'Hundred Years War' was not coined until the 1860s, the Anglo-French conflicts of the later Middle Ages have long been of interest to historians. A fundamental question remains - was this a feudal war fought over ancient English rights in Gascony, or was it a dynastic war in which English kings battled for the crown of France itself? This book, now fully revised and updated to take account of the latest scholarship, examines ...

There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This war is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was fought. In this book, Hundred Years' War expert Dr Anne Curry reveals how the war can reveal much about the changing nature of warfare: the rise of infantry and the demise of the knight, the impac...