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The Hundred Years War, Vol. 2 - Trial by Fire (Paperback): Jonathan Sumption

The Hundred Years War, Vol. 2 - Trial by Fire (Paperback)

Jonathan Sumption

Series: The Middle Ages Series

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A succession of catastrophes in the middle years of the fourteenth century brought France to the brink of destruction. The bankruptcy of the French state and a bitter civil war within the royal family were followed by the defeat and capture of the King of France by the Black Prince at Poitiers. A peasant revolt and a violent revolution in Paris completed the tragedy. In a humiliating treaty of partition France ceded more than a third of its territory to Edward III of England. Not for sixty years would the English again come so close to total victory.Yet the theme of the volume is not destruction, but survival. France's great cities, provincial towns and rural communities resisted where its leaders failed. They withstood the sustained savagery of the soldiers and the free companies of brigands to undo most of Edward III's work in the following generation. England's triumphs proved to be brittle and short-lived.Based on a wide range of contemporary sources, both printed and unprinted, "The Hundred Years War, Volume 2: Trial by Fire" is the absorbing continuation of Jonathan Sumption's monumental history of the Hundred Years War.

General

Imprint: University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Middle Ages Series
Release date: September 2001
First published: 1999
Authors: Jonathan Sumption
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 696
ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-1801-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 0-8122-1801-9
Barcode: 9780812218015

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