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The Hundred Years' War:

1337-1453
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Osprey Publishing, 2002 - History - 96 pages
There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This war is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was fought. In this book, Hundred Years’ War expert Dr Anne Curry reveals how the war can reveal much about the changing nature of warfare: the rise of infantry and the demise of the knight; the impact of increased use of gunpowder and the effect of the wars on generations of people around it.
  

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Review: The Hundred Years' War 1337–1453 (Essential Histories #19)

User Review  - Scott - Goodreads

Curry does well in sketching out the events of the war in brief, but it is told in a rather dry fashion. More background on medieval warfare would have helped. The most useful part of the book was the ... Read full review

Review: The Hundred Years' War 1337–1453 (Essential Histories #19)

User Review  - Kathleen O. Roehm - Goodreads

Really disapointing. I was hoping this would be a good book for me to share with people not firmiliar with the period. Except for some good pictures it falls short. Read full review

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Contents

Chronology
10
Warring sides
20
Outbreak
27
Portrait of a soldier
69
Portrait of a civilian
83
Conclusion and consequences
91
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The Hundred Years' War 1337-1453
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About the author (2002)

Dr Anne Curry is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Reading. Her researches have focused particularly on English military organization during the occupation of Normandy, 1415-50. She has published two books, 'The Hundred Years' War' and 'The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations', and edited 'Arms, Armies and Fortifications of the Hundred Years War', 'England and Normandy in the Middle Ages', and 'Agincourt: Henry V, Sir Thomas Erpingham and the Triumph of the English Archers'.

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