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The Black Prince and the Capture of a King - Poitiers 1356 (Hardcover)
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The Black Prince and the Capture of a King - Poitiers 1356 (Hardcover)
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The capture of a king in the course of a battle was a relatively
rare event. This, the climactic event of the Black Prince's first
campaign as commander, came at the end of nearly a year of
campaigning across the southwest of France. The battle of Poitiers
in 1356 is less well known than more famous clashes such as
Agincourt, however, Poitiers was no less dramatic, and equally
important in terms of the course of the Hundred Years War. The
capture of King Jean brought France to the brink of total defeat,
and led to one of the most devastating and destructive periods in
French history. It is not exaggeration to say that the battle of
Poitiers changed the course of history for both France and England.
In the summer of 1356 the Prince and his army drove northward
towards the Loire, attacking once again deep into French territory.
This time he met real opposition: the full French army led by King
Jean and many of the leading nobility of France, some of them
veterans of the defeat at Crecy ten years before. Outnumbered, the
Prince fell back, but in September he turned near the city of
Poitiers to make a stand. The battle that followed was a tense
encounter. The French had learned much from the disastrous defeat
at Crecy, and took time to organise and prepare before attacking.
Their advance was deliberate and well planned. Yet the result was
the same. Once again, English and Welsh archers wrought mayhem
among the French ranks. The French formations disintegrated, and a
violent counter-attack by English men-at-arms caused it to dissolve
entirely. King Jean and his eldest son made a final stand with some
of their followers, but in the end they were forced to surrender
and were taken back to England as prisoners. The core of the book
is a day-by-description of the campaign of July-September 1356,
climaxing with a detailed 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 non-combatants
as well as princes and nobles.
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