Great and glorious adventure
Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis
In this succinct history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relationships.
The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over English claims to both the throne of France by right of inheritance and large parts of the country that had been at one time Norman or, later, English. The fighting ebbed and flowed, but despite their superior tactics and great victories at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the English could never hope to secure their claims in perpetuity: France was wealthier and far more populous, and while the English won the battles, they could not hope to hold forever the lands they conquered.
The real and abiding significance of the war lies in the fact that, at its end, the English had become English, as opposed to Anglo-French, and France too had set out on the road to nationhood. (Both countries would subsequently become the very best of enemies.) The war also sparked a real revolution in the English way of waging war, with increasing professionalism and the use of technology to make up for lack of numbers - factors which remain relevant throughout the subsequent history of the English, and then the British, army and which are still critical to it today.
Military historian Gordon Corrigan's new history of these epochal events is brisk, combative and refreshingly straightforward, and the great kings, men and battles of the period receive the full attention and reassessment they deserve.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 augustus 2014
Aantal pagina's: 320
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Gordon Corrigan
Tweede Auteur: Gordon Corrigan
Hoofduitgeverij: Atlantic Books
Editie: Main - Print on Demand
Product breedte: 157 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 234 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 157 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 233 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 513 g
EAN: 9781848879270