Marilyn Livingstone, Morgen Witzel

Gebundenes Buch

The Black Prince and the Capture of a King

Poitiers 1356

Beschreibung

A new detailed account of the battle of Poitiers in 1356 which saw one of the most sensational episodes of the Hundred Years War: the capture of the French King Jean by the Black Prince.

Autor

Marilyn Livingstone is a historian and editor. She is the co-author, along with Morgen Witzel, of The Road to Crécy: The English Invasion of France, 1346 (2004). She has an MA in medieval history from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London and a doctorate in economic history from Queen's University Belfast where her thesis researched and analyzed the taxation levied by Edward III in 1340-41 to fund the early stages of the Hundred Years War. In addition she has worked on a study of medieval crop yields and on a database of attacks by the French on the English coast during the Hundred Years War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781612004518
• ISBN-10: 1612004512
• Artikelnr.: 49094828