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Conquest : The English Kingdom of France 1417 - 1450

ISBN: 9780674065604 | 0674065603
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 2/27/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
Barker tells the dramatic story of the thirty years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. The appearance of a visionary peasant girl, Joan of Arc, was able to halt the English advance, but not for long.
For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the sword-an all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Years' War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid li... MORE
Prefacep. ix
Notes to the Textp. xv
Maps: Northern Francep. xvii
France, 1429p. xviii
France, 1436p. xix
Table 1: The English Royal Line from Edward IIIp. xx
Table 2: The French Royal Line - The House of Valoisp. xxi
Establishing the Kingdom
Invasionp. 3
Conquestp. 15
Heir o... MOREp. 31
The English Kingdom of Francep. 46
Resistancep. 61
A Second Agincourtp. 76
Jehanne D'arc
The Pucellep. 95
The Siege of Orléansp. 110
A New King of Francep. 125
Capturep. 140
Trial and Executionp. 156
War of Attrition
A Year of Disastersp. 175
Recoveryp. 191
Disorder and Defeatp. 208
The Treaty of Arrasp. 223
The Fall of Parisp. 239
The Search For Peace
Defending Normandyp. 257
Gains and Lossesp. 274
Missed Opportunitiesp. 289
A Last Military Effortp. 304
The Truce of Tours
A Truce and a Marriagep. 323
Concessions for Peacep. 338
The Surrender of Mainep. 354
The Truce Breaks Downp. 370
Reconquestp. 385
Epiloguep. 401
Notesp. 406
Bibliographyp. 438
Chronology of Key Eventsp. 447
Acknowledgementsp. 455
Indexp. 456
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