Crécy : Battle of Five Kings.
Livingston, Michael.
Crécy : Battle of Five Kings. - 1st ed. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. 2022. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- History and Truth -- Key References -- Names in this Book -- Military Terminology -- On Traditions and the Vulgato -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Introduction: The Crécy Dead, 28 August 1346 -- Counting the Dead -- How History is Made -- Part One: Before the Campaign, to 1346 -- Chapter 1: Roots of War, 1066-1308 -- A Non-english view of England -- Eleanor and her Children -- France Ascending -- The Anglo-french War, 1294-1303 -- Chapter 2: Isabella and the Two Edwards, 1308-30 -- The Battle of Boroughbridge -- The War of Saint-sardos -- Isabella and Mortimer -- The Sources of our Sources -- Chapter 3: Wine, Wool, and the March to War, 1202-1337 -- Getting Rich in Gascony -- Getting Rich in Flanders -- Catching up with Flanders -- The Battle of Cassel -- The Succession Crisis -- Robert of Artois -- Beaumont and the Longbow Battles -- Chapter 4: The Hundred Years War Begins, 1337- 46 -- The Coastal Raids of 1338-39 -- Edward and the Low Countries -- Edward's First Invasion -- Edward's Second Invasion -- Crécy Approaches -- Part Two: The Crécy Campaign, 1346 -- Chapter 5: The Campaign Begins, 12-23 July -- Finding Sources -- Roads and River-crossings -- Chapter 6: The Sacking of Caen, 23-30 July -- Edward's Plans -- Chapter 7: The Long Road to Paris, 30 July-16 August -- Roads, Again -- Philippe's Plan -- Fight or Flight -- Chapter 8: The Battle of Blanchetaque, 16-25 August -- The Somme Line -- Blanchetaque -- Another Battle Looms -- Part Three: Reconstructing Crécy, 26 August 1346 -- Chapter 9: Reconstructing Battles -- Archaeology -- Multi-source Authentication -- Technology and Tactics -- The Four Maxims of Battle -- Chapter 10: The Armies Approach, 26 August -- The Lost English Camp -- Roads and the Plans of Kings. Chapter 11: Finding Crécy -- The Traditional Site -- Place-names and Traditions -- The Difficulties of the Traditional Site -- What the Sources Say -- Puzzle Pieces -- The Alternate Field -- Chapter 12: The Battle of Crécy, 26 August -- Marching Out -- Edward's Position -- Who Ordered the Attack? -- The Genoese Disaster -- The Black Prince Captured -- John of Bohemia Falls -- Darkness and Flight -- Chapter 13: The Second Day, 27 August -- Lions Slaughtering Lambs -- The Blind King and the Black Prince -- Burying the Dead -- Epilogue: All the Days to Come -- Appendix: The Location of Crécy -- Suggested Reading and Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Index -- Plates.
9781472847027
Crécy, Battle of, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, France, 1346.
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Crécy : Battle of Five Kings. - 1st ed. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. 2022. - 1 online resource (321 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- History and Truth -- Key References -- Names in this Book -- Military Terminology -- On Traditions and the Vulgato -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Introduction: The Crécy Dead, 28 August 1346 -- Counting the Dead -- How History is Made -- Part One: Before the Campaign, to 1346 -- Chapter 1: Roots of War, 1066-1308 -- A Non-english view of England -- Eleanor and her Children -- France Ascending -- The Anglo-french War, 1294-1303 -- Chapter 2: Isabella and the Two Edwards, 1308-30 -- The Battle of Boroughbridge -- The War of Saint-sardos -- Isabella and Mortimer -- The Sources of our Sources -- Chapter 3: Wine, Wool, and the March to War, 1202-1337 -- Getting Rich in Gascony -- Getting Rich in Flanders -- Catching up with Flanders -- The Battle of Cassel -- The Succession Crisis -- Robert of Artois -- Beaumont and the Longbow Battles -- Chapter 4: The Hundred Years War Begins, 1337- 46 -- The Coastal Raids of 1338-39 -- Edward and the Low Countries -- Edward's First Invasion -- Edward's Second Invasion -- Crécy Approaches -- Part Two: The Crécy Campaign, 1346 -- Chapter 5: The Campaign Begins, 12-23 July -- Finding Sources -- Roads and River-crossings -- Chapter 6: The Sacking of Caen, 23-30 July -- Edward's Plans -- Chapter 7: The Long Road to Paris, 30 July-16 August -- Roads, Again -- Philippe's Plan -- Fight or Flight -- Chapter 8: The Battle of Blanchetaque, 16-25 August -- The Somme Line -- Blanchetaque -- Another Battle Looms -- Part Three: Reconstructing Crécy, 26 August 1346 -- Chapter 9: Reconstructing Battles -- Archaeology -- Multi-source Authentication -- Technology and Tactics -- The Four Maxims of Battle -- Chapter 10: The Armies Approach, 26 August -- The Lost English Camp -- Roads and the Plans of Kings. Chapter 11: Finding Crécy -- The Traditional Site -- Place-names and Traditions -- The Difficulties of the Traditional Site -- What the Sources Say -- Puzzle Pieces -- The Alternate Field -- Chapter 12: The Battle of Crécy, 26 August -- Marching Out -- Edward's Position -- Who Ordered the Attack? -- The Genoese Disaster -- The Black Prince Captured -- John of Bohemia Falls -- Darkness and Flight -- Chapter 13: The Second Day, 27 August -- Lions Slaughtering Lambs -- The Blind King and the Black Prince -- Burying the Dead -- Epilogue: All the Days to Come -- Appendix: The Location of Crécy -- Suggested Reading and Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Index -- Plates.
9781472847027
Crécy, Battle of, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, France, 1346.
Fernzugriff