A Great and Glorious Adventure (45 page)

madness
196–7
,
209

and the Treaty of Troyes
259–60

death
264
,
271

Charles VII, King of France
260

interview with Jeanne d’Arc
267–8

coronation
271

and Jeanne d’Arc
271–2

professionalization of army
275

Aquitaine campaign
277–9

Charles of Blois
77
,
121
,
122–3
,
156
,
166

Charles of Navarre
160
,
161–2
,
169
,
171–3
,
182

Chartres
162

Château Gaillard
17
,
31

Châtellerault
144

Chaucer, Geoffrey
162

Cherbourg
89
,
182
,
276
,
277

siege of
256

Chester Castle
70

Chevaliers de l’Étoile
129

chevauchée

Crécy Campaign
86–98
,
114

Henry of Lancaster, 1351
130

Edward, the Black Prince, 1355
132
,
132–4
,
136

Poitiers Campaign
140–4

John of Gaunt, 1373
179

Chinon
267

Chiverston, John de
140

Christopher
(cog)
53
,
57

Church, the
213–15

corruption
216

Cinque Ports, the
48

Clarence, duke of
223
,
224
,
226–7
,
229
,
230
,
261–2

Clement VI, Pope
131

Clement VII, Pope
180
,
190

Clerkenwell
187–8

Clermont, count of
276

Clermont, Jean de
150

clothing
74–5

coastal warning system
75–6

coat’s of arms
12
,
52
,
62

cogs
48–9
,
53
,
55

commissions of array
62–3
,
73–4

Compiègne, siege of
272

conscription
73–4
,
283

contract forces
72–3

Corbie
235

Cosne
262

cost
282

Courtenay, Richard, bishop of Norwich
229

Courtrai, Battle of
65

Coutances
256

Crabbe, John
55

Crécy, Battle of
84

location
99–100

Edward III at
99
,
100
,
103
,
104
,
109

English battle plan
100

English forces
100
,
102

terrain
100

dispositions
101

English deployment
102–4

archers
102–4
,
107
,
108

English horses
104

French forces
105

French advance to
105–6

Philip VI at
105–6
,
109–10

French crossbowmen advance
106–8

arrow storm
107
,
108

thunderstorm
107–8

French cavalry charge
108–9

hand to hand fighting
109

French withdrawal
109–10

casualties
110

French failure
110

causes of English victory
110–11

aftermath
113–14

Crécy Campaign

Froissart’s account
5

troop assembly
79–83

rations
80

ships
80–1

English forces
81–2

embarkation
82–3

landing site
85

sea crossing
85–6

landing
86

chevauchée
86–98
,
114

area of operations
87

English naval action
89
,
99

assault on Caen
89–92

reinforcements
92
,
93–4
,
117
,
121–2
,
122

Seine crossing
94–6

Philip VI
95–6

French pursuit
97

the River Somme
97–9

siege of Calais
114–18

Crécy-en-Ponthieu
100

crossbow, the
69
,
84

crossbowmen

at Crécy
105
,
106–8
,
114

rate of fire
106

at Poitiers
148
,
152

at Azincourt
245

Crusades, the
16–17
,
47–8

Cyprus
17

Dagworth, Sir Thomas
121–2
,
167

Brittany campaign
121

at La Roche-Derrien, 1347
122–3

capture of Charles of Blois
123

death
130

d’Albret, Charles
237
,
252

Daniel, Sir Thomas
93

Dargies
96

Dartmouth
206

dates and dating
8

d’Audrehem, Arnaud
149
,
150
,
175

d’Aulnay, Philip and Gautier
31

David II, King of Scots
40
,
45
,
118–20
,
132
,
158

decoys, use of
202

Despensers, the
28–9
,
31
,
32
,
34
,
36–7

d’Estouteville, sire
230

Dieppe
273

disease
3
,
120–1
,
230
,
232
,
235–6

Disinherited, the
45
,
66

ditches
78–9

Domesday Book
13

Domrémy (now Domrémy-la-Pucelle)
267

Dordrecht
35
,
50

Dorset, Thomas Beaufort, earl of
230

Douglas, Archibald
198–9
,
202
,
204

Douglas, Sir William
118–20

Douglas, William
145–6
,
148
,
149
,
150

Douvres, River
88

Dover
52–3

Dreaux
262

Dreux, count of
94

du Guesclin, Bertrand du
250

capture at Auray
166

Spanish campaign, 1367
170
,
172
,
174–5

at Najera
174–5

appointed constable of France
177

campaign, 1372
178

campaign, 1373
179

d’Umfraville, Sir Gilbert
261
,
276

Dupplin Moor, Battle of
66–7
,
103

duration
2

Durham
119

Durham, bishop of
82

dynastic marriages
167

dysentery
3
,
120–1
,
229
,
235–6
,
238

Edward, the Black Prince

birth of
43

as Prince of Wales
109
,
129

chevauchée
, 1355
133–4
,
135

Poitiers Campaign, 1356
137
,
138
,
140
,
141–2
,
165

generosity
142

personal insignia
142

soubriquet
142

military skill
7–8
,
142–3

siege of Romorantin
143

status
143

advance to Poitiers
143–4

negotiations at Poitiers
144

at Poitiers
146
,
148
,
152
,
155–6

capture of Jean II
153
,
154

at Bordeaux
156–7

return to England, 1357
158

duke of Aquitaine
163

marriage
167

confirmed as the ruler of Aquitaine
168

Spanish campaign, 1367
3
,
170–6
,
171

at Najera
174–5

health
176–7
,
178

taxation policies
176–7

Limoges massacre
177–8

return to England, 1371
178

death
136
,
179

tomb
136

Edward I, King

marriage
20

criticism of
20–1

temper
21

legal reforms
21–2

subjugation of Wales
22

French war
22–3

taxation
22–3

the Great Cause
23–4

the Scottish problem
23–4

Scottish campaigns
24–5

debts
25

and Gaveston
27

professionalization of the army
63

Assize of Arms
68

Edward II, King

homosexuality
25–6

coronation
26
,
27

and Gaveston
26–7
,
30

baronial opposition to
27

Scottish campaigns
27–8
,
65–6

campaign against Lancaster
28–9

and the Despensers
28–9
,
31
,
32

marriage
29–30

Anglo-French relations
31–2

French territories
31–2

war with France
34–6

and Isabella’s invasion
35–6

abdication
37

death
37

burial
37

possible survival
37

Edward III, King

coat of arms
12
,
52

birth
30

homage to Charles IV
32

coronation
37

marriage
37

womanizing
37

peace treaty with Scotland
39–40

claim to the throne of France
2
,
12
,
41–2

homage to Philip VI
42

regency council of state
42

execution of Mortimer
42–4

imposes rule
44–5

Scottish campaigns
45–6
,
49–50
,
66–7

alliances
47

navy
48–9

and Robert of Artois
49
,
52

Flanders campaign, 1339–40
50–3
,
51

proclaims self king of England and France
52

pawns crown
53

return to England, 1340
53

finances
53–4
,
58–9

assembles forces, 1340
54

Battle of Sluys
54–8

failure to capture Tournai
58–9

and Breton succession crisis
77

Breton campaign
78–9

embarkation for Crécy Campaign
82–3

Crécy Campaign landing site
85

chevauchée
Crécy Campaign
86
,
88
,
93–4

at Caen
90
at Crécy
99
,
100
,
103
,
104
,
109

siege of Calais
114
,
115
,
120
,
123

and the surrender of Calais
123–4

return to England, 1347
125

truce, 1347
125

foundation of Order of the Garter
125–7

last combat
129

prestige
129

peace negotiations
131–3
,
158–9
,
162
,
163

Poitiers Campaign
138

and Jean II
157
,
158

French campaign
162–3

renounces claim to French throne
163
,
165

and the
routiers
169

Spanish campaign, 1367
170

loss of French territories
177–9

campaign, 1372
178–9

death
179–80

Edward IV, King, invasion of France
281

Eleanor, duchess of Aquitaine and countess of Poitiers
15

Eleanor of Castile
20

Elizabeth I, Queen
284

England
2

French territories
13
,
163
,
265

John’s loss of French territories
18–19

claim to the throne of France
41–2

regency council of state
42

control of French Atlantic coast
48

military system
61–2

the Black Death
127
,
128
,
167–8

economic recovery
131

loss of French territories
177–9
,
275–9

continuance of war, 1386
188–9

impact of Azincourt
251

English army

feudal
61–3

mercenaries
63–4

professionalization
63–4
,
121
,
165
,
282–3