Hundred Years’ War
The War of the Roses: A Red Storm Rising
By William E. WelshIndolent, weak-willed, and prone to periodic fits of madness, King Henry VI had let England slide downhill since coming of age in 1437. Read more
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Philip vs Edward at the Battle of Crécy
By Robert SuhrPhilip of Valois, for long have we made suit before you by embassies and all other ways which we knew to be reasonable, to the end that you should be willing to have restored unto us our right, our heritage of France, which you have long kept back and most wrongfully occupied.” Read more
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Death at the Hawthorn Hedge: Poitiers, 1356
By William E. WelshThe Black Death that ravaged England and France for a half-dozen years in the mid-14th century served merely as a brief intermission between the first and second acts of the painfully protracted struggle known as the Hundred Years’ War. Read more
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King Kamehameha’s Conquest of Hawaii
By Tom WolforthIn July 1782, the island kingdom of Hawaii was fractured into three groups, beginning a power struggle that would last for the next 10 years. Read more
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Castillon: Last Battle of the Hundred Years’ War
By William E. WelshEngland’s long downward slide to defeat in the Hundred Years’ War began with the failed siege of Orleans in 1428. Read more
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London’s National Army Museum
By Peter SuciuThe city of London practically overflows with military history. Predating the Romans, London has been the seat of government ever since it was fortified by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. Read more
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“There was In Her Something Divine”
By Don HollwayIn November 1455 a most extraordinary ecclesiastical court convened in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris at the behest of the French Inquisition. Read more
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Bloody Revenge at Sluys
By Eric NiderostIt was late afternoon on June 24, 1340, when the English fleet arrived off the Flanders coast, just short of the Zwin estuary, reputed to be the finest harbor in Europe. Read more
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Joan of Arc’s Loire Campaign: The English Tide Recedes
By William WelshNone of those present at the war council held on July 18, 1429, at Beaugency in central France seemed to object to the peculiar sight of an armor-clad young woman advising some of the greatest military captains of the age on how to proceed with the campaign to crown the Dauphin Charles king of France. Read more
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Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans
By Don Hollway
In November 1455 a most extraordinary ecclesiastical court convened in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris at the behest of the French Inquisition. Read more
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Death by Longbow at Crecy
By Tim MillerAt the age of 50, John of Bohemia was already old for a warrior and completely blind. He not only was the Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, but also claimant to the thrones of Poland and Hungary. Read more
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The Wars of the Roses: The Weapons That Defined the English Civil Wars
By William F. Floyd, Jr.The men of Bridport on the coast of southwestern England kept extra weapons on hand to deal with the raids endemic during the Hundred Years War that preceded the Wars of the Roses. Read more
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Three Key Battles Before the Siege of Orleans
Following English King Henry V’s decisive victory over the French at Agincourt in 1415, the tide of the Hundred Years War in France remained in England’s favor until the Siege of Orleans. Read more
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Margaret of Anjou, the Fighting Queen
By William WelshThe life of Margaret of Anjou was not that of a meek noblewoman content with the companionship of her ladies in waiting. Read more
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Jean Bureau, Master Gunner of France at Castillon
by William E. WelshNo single Frenchman was more responsible for the rapid victories in Normandy and Gascony that drove the English once and for all from France than Jean Bureau. Read more
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Why Study Military History?
By Roy Morris Jr.As a writer and editor, it’s been my privilege to spend a great deal of time in the company of my betters: ordinary men and women engaged in the often heartbreaking act of making history. Read more
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William de Bohun: Masterful Defense at Morlaix
By William E. WelshOne of the theaters of war in the Hundred Years War between France and England was the Duchy of Brittany in northwestern France. Read more
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Stunning English Victory at Poitiers
By John E. SpindlerDenis de Morbecque, an exiled French knight in the service of the English crown, thought the fighting in the hawthorn hedgerows near Poitiers would never end. Read more
