Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War

ISBN: 1541607708

Author: Livingston, Michael

Condition: New

A prize-winning scholars new and expansive telling of the Hundred Years War, revealing how the lines drawn on medieval battlefields forged the modern worldA riveting page-turner that brilliantly revises centuries of history (Bernard Cornwell, New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Kingdom)Henry V at Agincourt. Edward III at Crcy. The Black Prince at Poitiers. Joan of Arc at Orlans. The period we call the Hundred Years War was a cascade of violence bursting with some of the most famous figures and fascinating fights in history. The central combatants, England and France, bore witness to uncountable deaths, unbelievable tragedy, and uncompromising glory. But there was much more to this period than a struggle between two nations for dominance.Bloody Crowns tells a new story of how medieval Europe was consumed, not by a hundred years war, but by two full centuries of war from 1292 to 1492. During those years, blood was spilled far beyond the borders of England and France. The Low Countries became war zones. Italy was swept up. So, too, the Holy Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula, Scotland, and Wales. The conflict drove enormous leaps forward in military technology and organization, political systems and national identities, laying the groundwork for the modern world.With a keen eye for military intrigue and drama, Bloody Crowns critically revises our understanding of how modern Europe arose from medieval battlefields.