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The hundred years war a people's history

The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways...

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Main Author: Green, David 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT Yale University Press [2014]
Subjects:
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
France > History, Military > 1328-1589
Great Britain > History, Military > 1066-1485
France > Foreign relations > Great Britain
Great Britain > Foreign relations > France
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (1337)
  • Knight and nobles: Flowers of chivalry (1346)
  • The Peasantry:"Vox Populi" (1358)
  • The church and the clergy: Voices from the Pulpit (1378) - - Making peace: "Blessed are the Peacemakers" (1396)
  • The madness of Kings: Kingship and royal power (1407)
  • Soldiers: Views from the front (1415)
  • Occupation: Coexistence, collaboration and resistance (1423)
  • Women and war: Power and persecution (1429)
  • Prisoners of war: Gilded cages (1435)
  • National identities: St George and "La Mere France" (1449)
  • Conclusion: 1453 and beyond

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