| International Standard Book Number |
9781541607712 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781541607705 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
1541607708 hardcover
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| Personal Name |
Livingston, Michael, 1975- author.
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| Title Statement |
Bloody crowns : a new history of the Hundred Years War / Michael Livingston.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Basic Books, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xl, 551 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (mostly color), maps ; 25 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
A New History, a New War -- The Wars Before the War -- The Years of the Beginning, 1292-1303 -- The Years of Philippe, 1303-1314 -- The Years of the Successions, 1314-1330 -- The Years of Edward, 1330-1347 -- The Years of Jean, 1347-1364 -- The Years of Charles, 1364-1377 -- The Years of Civil Strife, 1377-1415 -- The Years of Henry, 1415-1422 -- The Years of Joan, 1422-1431 -- The Years of Negotiations, 1431-1449 -- The Years of the End, 1449-1492 -- The Wars After the War.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Henry V at Agincourt. Edward III at Crecy. The Black Prince at Poitiers. Joan of Arc at Orleans. The period we call "the Hundred Years War" was a cascade of violence bursting with some of the most famous figures and fascinating fights in history. The central combatants, England and France, bore witness to uncountable deaths, unbelievable tragedy, and uncompromising glory. But there was much more to this period than a struggle between two nations for dominance. Bloody Crowns tells a new story of how medieval Europe was consumed, not by a hundred years' war, but by two full centuries of war from 1292 to 1492. During those years, blood was spilled far beyond the borders of England and France. The Low Countries became war zones. Italy was swept up. So, too, the Holy Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula, Scotland, and Wales. The conflict drove enormous leaps forward in military technology and organization, political systems, and national identities, laying the groundwork for the modern world. With a keen eye for military intrigue and drama, Bloody Crowns critically revises our understanding of how modern Europe arose from medieval battlefields"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 Causes.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Europe History 476-1492.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
France History Medieval period, 987-1515.
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