The Fall of English France 1449-53
- 作者
- 出版社 Osprey Publishing
- 出版时间 2012年2月
- ISBN 9781849086165
- 定价 302.40
内容简介
FortheoverwhelmingmajorityofpeopleoutsidetheFrench-speakingworldtheHundredYearsWarconsistedofasequenceofmajorEnglishvictories,aboveallCrécy,PoitiersandAgincourt.Theonlysignificantvictoror'hero'ontheFrenchsidewasJoanofArc,andsheendedupbeingburnedatthestake.YetsomehowthewarendedinaFrenchvictoryandwithEngland'smartialenergiesbeingturnedagainstitselfintheWarsoftheRoses.Thisbookisintendedtoprovidesomebalance.ItwilldescribethecampaignthatbroughttheHundredYearsWartoaclose,withEnglishpossessionsbeingconfinedtoCalaisandtheChannelIslands.ItwillalsoexplainhowthesomewhatunprepossessingandunmartialKingCharlesVIIofFrancesucceededwherehispredecessorshadfailed.Thecampaignconsistedofmorethanbattles,ofcourse,butitwasmarkedbytwomajorvictories-atFormignyin1450andatCastillonin1453.FormignyisofspecialinterestbecauseitsawFrenchcavalrydefeatEnglisharchers,ineffectareversalofCrécy,PoitiersandAgincourt,andcouldbeinterpretedasoneofthelast'medieval'battles.Castillonisofinterestbecauseitwasavictoryofgunpowderartilleryinfixedpositionsoveratraditionalmedievalassaultbymixedinfantryandcavalry,andthuscouldbeinterpretedasoneofthefirst'modern'battles.
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