The Black Prince And King Jean Ii Of France

Author : Peter Hoskins
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526749888

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The Black Prince and King Jean II of France by Peter Hoskins Pdf

This study of Medieval military leadership offers a critical comparison of two great rivals of the Hundred Year War. Known to history as The Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock led the English army to victory at the Battle of Poitiers against the French King Jean II. With an illuminating analysis of these fourteenth century commanders, historian Peter Hoskins examines the importance of leadership, strategic vision, and tactical skill in medieval warfare. Paying close attention to their strengths and weaknesses as soldiers, both on campaign and on the battlefield, Hoskins also considers their contrasting characters and backgrounds as well as the military traditions of their time. The Black Prince was one of the most admired generals of his generation: a charismatic leader, decisive commander, and shrewd tactician and strategist. In contrast King Jean was impulsive, driven more by pride than by strategic priorities. When he was put to the ultimate test at Poitiers, Jean lost control of his army. Meanwhile, the Black Prince took the initiative personally to secure victory against the odds. Peter Hoskins analyses the leadership qualities of the prince and the king according to the principles of war enunciated by Sun Tzu and Vegetius as well as the modern principles of war of the United Kingdom armed forces. He gives readers a fascinating insight into the nature of command and the conduct of war in the Middle Ages.

Author : Christian Teutsch
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781598740

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Victory at Poitiers by Christian Teutsch Pdf

“Evokes the blood and mud and terror of combat . . . A good primer of the Battle of Poitiers . . . with prose that is by turns professional and passionate.” —De Re Militari On September 13, 1356, near Poitiers in western France, the small English army of Edward the Black Prince crushed the forces of the French King Jean II in one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years’ War. Over the centuries, the story of this against-the-odds English victory has, along with Crcy and Agincourt, become part of the legend of medieval warfare. And yet in recent times this classic battle has received less attention than the other celebrated battles of the period. The time is ripe for a reassessment, and this is the aim of Christian Teutsch’s thought-provoking new account. “Teutsch describes in vivid detail the Black Prince’s experiences that led to his horse charge across the countryside of southwest France, and the critical actions of Romorantin and Chatellerault that made Poitiers possible. His narrative culminates with the prince’s daring ride to draw the French king Jean into battle and the drama of the combat itself. Combined with a selection of over 15 battlefield maps showing the orders of battle, this informative and highly readable account is a compulsive purchase for all with an interest in medieval history.” —The Lance and Longbow Society

Author : Peter Hoskins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843838746

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In the Steps of the Black Prince by Peter Hoskins Pdf

The author has retraced on foot the routes taken by the Black Prince during the French campaigns of 1355-1356, enabling him to provide an entirely new dimension to the events. In 1355 the Black Prince took an army to Bordeaux and embarked on two chevauchées (mounted military expeditions, generally characterised by the devastation of the surrounding towns and countryside), which culminated in hisdecisive victory over King Jean II of France at Poitiers the following year. Using the recorded itineraries as his starting point, the author of this book walked more than 1,300 miles across France, retracing the routes of the armies in search of a greater understanding of the Black Prince's expedition. He followed the 1355 chevauchée from Bordeaux to the Mediterranean and back, and that for 1356 from Aquitaine to the Loire, to the battlefield at Poitiers, and back again to Bordeaux. Drawing on his findings on the ground, a wide range of documentary sources, and the work of local historians, many of whom the author met on his travels, the book provides a unique perspective on the Black Prince's chevauchées of 1355 and 1356 and the battle of Poitiers, one of the greatest English triumphs of the Hundred Years War, demonstrating in particular the impact of the landscape on the campaigns. Peter Hoskins is a former Royal Air Force pilot, now living in France. He combines his interest in exploration of his adopted country with his research into the Hundred Years War.

Author : Michael Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681778075

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The Black Prince by Michael Jones Pdf

As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French at Crécy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II of France forced the French into a humiliating surrender that marked the zenith of England’s dominance in the Hundred Years War. As lord of Aquitaine, he ruled a vast swathe of territory across the west and southwest of France, holding a magnificent court at Bordeaux that mesmerized the brave but unruly Gascon nobility and drew them like moths to the flame of his cause. He was Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, and better known to posterity as “the Black Prince.” His military achievements captured the imagination of Europe: heralds and chroniclers called him “the flower of all chivalry” and “the embodiment of all valor.” But what was the true nature of the man behind the chivalric myth, and of the violent but pious world in which he lived?

Author : H.J. Hewitt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473819092

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The Black Prince's Expedition by H.J. Hewitt Pdf

Edward, the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history. The first son of Edward III and an outstanding military leader, he is famous for his decisive victory at the Battle of Poitiers, and he is one of the most charismatic characters of the Hundred Years' War. This classic study focuses on the crucial phase of his extraordinary career - his daring campaign against the French in central and southwestern France in 1355-7. H.J. Hewitt's work is one of the key texts on the Prince, and it will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in medieval warfare.

Author : Marilyn Livingstone,Morgen Witzel
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612004525

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The Black Prince and the Capture of a King by Marilyn Livingstone,Morgen Witzel Pdf

This “taut narrative” of the fourteenth-century conflict between England and France offers “a detailed, climactic account of a legendary battle” (Publishers Weekly). The epic fourteenth-century Battle of Poitiers marked a major turn in the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. Prince Edward, known to all as the Black Prince, not only won a surprising victory in his first campaign as commander, but managed the nearly impossible feat of taking the French monarch, King Jean II, prisoner. In the summer of 1356, Prince Edward drove toward the Loire Valley, deep in French territory. There, he met the full French army led by King Jean and a number of French nobles, including veterans of the defeat at Crécy ten years before. Outnumbered, the Prince fell back, but in September, he turned near the city of Poitiers to make a stand. Historians Witzel and Livingstone provide a day-by-day description of the campaign of July to September 1356, climaxing with a vivid 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 noncombatants, as well as princes and nobles.

Author : Chandos Herald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00096879

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Le Prince Noir by Chandos Herald Pdf

Author : David Green
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752496344

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Battle of Poitiers 1356 by David Green Pdf

The victory at Poitiers by an English force outnumbered two-to-one, led by Edward the Black Prince on 19th September 1356 was one of the most significant of the Hundred Years War. The consequences of the battle resonated throughout the remainder of the century and influenced the war to its end in 1453. David Green has researched the battle and the raids that preceded it exhaustively and details the strategy, tactics, arms and armour used by both sides. He reconstructs the battle using an array of contemporary sources and discusses the protagonists, the siting, course and outcome of the encounter and considers the implications of the capture of King Jean II of France and many of the most important members of the French nobility.

Author : Chandos Herald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
ISBN : OXFORD:300141791

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Le Prince noir by Chandos Herald Pdf

Author : R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
ISBN : UCAL:$B751386

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The Black Prince by R. P. Dunn-Pattison Pdf

Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105014861764

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A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince by George Payne Rainsford James Pdf

Author : R. G. Grant
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 963 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785835530

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1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History by R. G. Grant Pdf

This historical account of humanity's 5000 year history of recorded conflict looks at ancient wars, modern conflict, and everything in-between.

Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555005346

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A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince ... by George Payne Rainsford James Pdf

Author : Neil Murphy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137532947

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The Captivity of John II, 1356-60 by Neil Murphy Pdf

This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and the use of courtly display. Showing that the Hundred Years War was not just fought on the battlefields of France, this book unravels how the war played out daily in the competition for status between Edward III and John II.

Author : James C. Bradford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1538 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135950347

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International Encyclopedia of Military History by James C. Bradford Pdf

With its impressive breadth of coverage – both geographically and chronologically – the International Encyclopedia of Military History is the most up-to-date and inclusive A-Z resource on military history. From uniforms and military insignia worn by combatants to the brilliant military leaders and tacticians who commanded them, the campaigns and wars to the weapons and equipment used in them, this international and multi-cultural two-volume set is an accessible resource combining the latest scholarship in the field with a world perspective on military history.