Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War

Name: Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War
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ISBN: 9780313324581

ISBN-10: 0313324581

ISBN-13: 9780313324581

Edition: 2005

Authors: Deborah A. Fraioli

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When in 1154 A.D. Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine of France, he became at once the reigning sovereign over a vast stretch of land extending across all of England and half of France, and yet, according to the feudal hierarchy of the times, a vassal to the King of France. This situation, which placed French and English borders in such a tenuous position, solidified the precarious ground on which the Hundred Years War was to be fought 183 years later. This epic border conflict--which was contemporaneous with the age of popular uprisings and the Bubonic Plague, fought according to enduring notions of chivalry and the budding pride of nationality, and which numbered among its…

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List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 3/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Series Foreword



Preface Chronology of Events


Chronology of French and English Kings


Historical Overview


Background Causes of the Hundred Years War


Popular Uprisings Chivalry's Growth and Decline and the Hundred Years War


The Creation of Royal Authority in France


The War and Joan of Arc


Concluding Essay Biographies: The Personalities Behind the Hundred Years War


Primary Documents of the Hundred Years War


Glossary of Selected Terms Annotated


Bibliography


Index