The Great Chevauchée
John of Gaunt's Raid on France 1373
In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry,the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon overwhelmed the raiders. Beset on all sides by French ambushes and plagued by disease and starvation, the raiders battled their way through Champagne, east of Paris, into Burgundy, across the Massif Central and finally down into the Dordogne. Unable to attack any major fortifications, John of Gaunt's men plundered the countryside, raiding towns and villages, weakening the French infrastructure. While the military value of the raid is debatable, the En…
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Weitere Autoren: Dennis, Peter (Illustr.) / Spedaliere, Donato (Illustr.) / Kozik, Mariusz (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84908-248-8
- EAN: 9781849082488
- Produktnummer: 14844055
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'122 KB
- Abbildungen: 20 b/w; 27 col
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David Nicolle is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Medieval Studies, Nottingham University. He is the author of over a dozen books on medieval military history.
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