Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War - Couverture rigide

Livingston, Michael

 
9781541607705: Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War
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ISBN 10 : 1541607708 ISBN 13 : 9781541607705
Editeur : Basic Books, 2025

Synopsis

A prize-winning scholar’s new and expansive telling of the Hundred Years’ War, revealing how the lines drawn on medieval battlefields forged the modern world  

“A riveting page-turner that brilliantly revises centuries of history” (Bernard Cornwell, New York Times–bestselling author of The Last Kingdom)

Henry V at Agincourt. Edward III at Crécy. The Black Prince at Poitiers. Joan of Arc at Orléans. 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Livingston is Citadel Distinguished Professor at The Citadel and the author of many books on medieval military history including Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King, Crécy: Battle of Five Kings, and Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England. The former secretary-general for the US Commission on Military History, he lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1541607708
ISBN 13 
9781541607705
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
592
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