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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Black Prince and the capture of a king, Poitiers 1356
  name:
    name part: Witzel, Morgen
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Livingstone, Marilyn
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: 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 …
  target audience: adult
  note: Morgen Witzel and Marilyn Livingstone.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356
  subject:
    topic: Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
    topic: Campaigns
    geographic: France
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Ancient
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Europe
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Military / Ancient
  classification: DC99.5.P6 W58 2018
  classification: 944/.0254
  identifier: 9781612004518
  identifier: 1612004512
  identifier: 9781612004525
  identifier: 1612004520
  record info:
    record content source: BTCTA
    record creation date: 170831
    record change date: 20181024144026.0
    record identifier: in00004034087