A brief history of the Hundred Years War: the English in France, 1337-1453Hundredeårskrigen 1337-1453 kan inddeles i 4 dele: I 1337-1360 de engelske sejre Sluys, Crecy, Poitiers til freden i Bretigny 1360 / II 1360-1415 (krig i Spanien til 1369), fra 1369 franske sejre ved B. du Guesclin, fra 1405 fransk borgerkrig mellem "Burgundere" og "Armagnacs" / III 1415-35 alliance mellem englændere og "Burgunderne", Agincourt og det meste af Frankrigs besættelse, Jeanne d'Arc og Karl 7. / IV 1435-53 freden i Arras 1435 mellem "Burgundere" og Karl 7. og udjagningen af englænderne. |
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 13 |
Crecy 13401350 | 41 |
Poitiers and the Black Prince | 77 |
Copyright | |
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