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Chargement... The Black Prince and the Capture of a King: Poitiers 1356par Marilyn Livingstone
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The battle of Poitiers was one of the two biggest victories on land (along with Crecy a decade earlier) by the English in the first phase of the Medieval conflict now called the Hundred Years War. This book however is a bit of a misnomer in that the battle and the capture of the French King Jean II occupy only the last two of the nine chapters of the book; it is rather a history of the progress of the conflict during the ten years between Crecy and Poitiers. It is well described, and very well researched though and brings across quite clearly the movement of the English army led by the Black Prince rampaging across the French countryside, bringing terror and destruction in their wake. The Prince does, however, emerge as a very good leader of men, able to inspire great loyalty and devotion among his comrades and earning the respect of the rank and file through tours of encampments to talk to them. King Jean emerges as a civilised and cultured man, personally very honourable, but with a certain obstinacy that could stand in the way of wise strategic decision-making. The technology of English/Welsh longbows versus French crossbows is explained as a major factor in the English victories during this phase of the war. The book gives a good feel for what is probably the epitome of Medieval welfare. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The capture of a king in the course of a battle was a relatively rare event. This, the climactic event of the Black Prince's first campaign as commander, came at the end of nearly a year of campaigning across the southwest of France. The battle of Poitiers in 1356 is less well known than more famous clashes such as Agincourt, however, Poitiers was no less dramatic, and equally important in terms of the course of the Hundred Years War. The capture of King Jean brought France to the brink of total defeat, and led to one of the most devastating and destructive periods in French history. It is not exaggeration to say that the battle of Poitiers changed the course of history for both France and England. In the summer of 1356 the Prince and his army drove northward towards the Loire, attacking once again deep into French territory. This time he met real opposition: the full French army led by King Jean and many of the leading nobility of France, some of them 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. The battle that followed was a tense encounter. The French had learned much from the disastrous defeat at Crécy, and took time to organize and prepare before attacking. Their advance was deliberate and well-planned, yet the result was the same. Once again, English and Welsh archers wrought mayhem among the French ranks. The French formations disintegrated, and a violent counterattack by English men-at-arms caused it to dissolve entirely. King Jean and his eldest son made a final stand with some of their followers, but in the end they were forced to surrender and were taken back to England as prisoners. The core of the book is a day-by-day description of the campaign of July-September 1356, climaxing with a detailed 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)944.0254History and Geography Europe France and region France Capet and Valois 987-1589 Philip VI 1328-50; John II 1350-64; Charles V 1364-80 ; XIVth CenturyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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