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voices
267
,
268

interview with the Dauphin
267–8

letter to English
269–70

arrival at Orléans
270

shoulder wound
270

status
270–1

and Charles VII
271–2

capture
272

trial
267
,
272

execution
272

last prophecy
272

Jeanne of Burgundy
31

Jeanne of Flanders
78

Jervis, Admiral John, Earl St Vincent
283

Jews, persecution of
128

Joan, countess of Kent
126–7
,
167

Joan, Princess
40

John, count of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia
109
,
112
,
113
,
142

John, King
16
,
18–19

John of Gaunt

at Les Espagnols sur Mer
129

military ability
8

Spanish campaign
3
,
171

Normandy expedition, 1370
177

as ruler of Aquitaine
178

chevauchée,
1373
179

unpopularity
181

and the Peasants’ Revolt
186

Lords Appellant trial
190

support for Richard II
191

and Wyclif
216

death
191

John of Lancaster
206–7

John XXII, Pope
35
,
47

 

Katherine of Valois
260
,
261

Keepers of the Maritime Lands
75–6

Kent, Edmund earl
43
,
44

knighthood banneret
62–3

knights
61–2
,
72

equipment
62

status
62–3

wages
75

Knollys, Sir Robert
169
,
170
,
173
,
177

Kyriell, Sir Thomas
275–7

La Haye
144

La Roche-Derrien
121
,
122–3

La Roche-Guyon
94–5

La Rochelle
178

labourers, wages
9

Lancaster, Earl of
28–9
,
123

Lancaster, Henry of
132
,
138
,
141
,
156

Lanercost priory
118–20

Languedoc
133–4

last battle
278–9

Le Crotoy
93–4

Le Tréport
53

legacy
281–6

Lent
269

Leon
170

Leopold of Austria, Duke
17

Les Espagnols sur Mer, battle of
129

Lesneven
121

Liddel Strength
118

light cavalry
71

Limoges, massacre
177–8

Lincoln, Battle of
19

Llewellyn of Breconshire, Sir David ap
240

logistics
117–18
,
137

Loire, River
143

Lollards, the
215–19

longbow, the
67–9
,
69–70
,
84

looting
3
,
92
,
96
,
138

Lords Appellant, the
189–90

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
47
,
50

Louis VII, King of France
15

Louis VIII, King of France
19

Louis X, King of France
30

Louis XI, King of France
281

Louviers
94

siege of
256

Lussac-les-Châteaux
177

Lydgate, John
7

Lyons
170

 

Magna Carta
19
,
20

Maine
265
,
274–5

Maisoncelle
239

malaria
121

mangonels
116–17

Manny, Sir Walter
49–50
,
53
,
78
,
123–4
,
162

Marcel, Étienne
160
,
161–2

Marck, French raid on
205–6

Margaret of Anjou
274

Margarite of Burgundy
30–1

Marie, viscountess of Limoges
77

Maritime Lands, the
76

Matilda, the Empress
14

Mauron, Battle of
130–1

Meaux
262

medical treatment
154–5
,
203–4

medieval prices
8–9

Melun
260

men-at-arms
70–1
,
102

mercenaries
63–4

Merciless Parliament, the
189

Middle English
6–7

military ability
7–8

military advances
282–3

military service

incentives
73–4

obligations
61–2
,
72

system of
22–3

Milly
96

mines and mining
116
,
229

Montagu, Edward
73

Montagu, William
126

Montereau
259
,
260

Montevilliers
233–4

Montfort, John de
77–9
,
156
,
166–7

Montfort, Simon de
20

Montgomery, Sir John de
117

Morlaix, Battle of
78–9

Morley, Robert
54–5

Mortimer, Sir Edmund
206

Mortimer, Edmund, earl of March
192
,
199
,
217
,
225
,
232

Mortimer, Ian
239

The Perfect King: The life of Edward III
37

Mortimer, Roger
20–1
,
28
,
32–6
,
34–5
,
40
,
42
,
42–4

Mortimer, Roger, of Chirk
33

Mowbray, Sir Thomas
207

 

Najera, battle of
174–5

Nantes, siege of
78

Napoleonic Wars
285

Narbonne
133

Navarre
170
,
171–3
,
182

Nesle
236

Nesle, Guy de
130–1

Neville, Ralph, Lord
119

Neville’s Cross, Battle of
119–20

Norfolk, John Mowbray duke of
232

Norman Conquest, the
13–15

Norman French language
6

Normandy

Dukedom of
13–15
,
19

English claim to
18

Edward III’s landing
85–6

campaign, 1377
177

campaign, 1417–19
254–9

English settlement
258

Henry V’s administration
258–9

loss of
275–7

Normandy, John, duke of
78–9

Normandy, Stephen of Blois, duke of
14

Northampton, earl of
98
,
123

Northampton, Treaty of
39–40
,
45
,
46

Northampton, William Bohun, earl of
78–9

Northburgh, Bishop
41

Northumberland, Henry Percy, earl of
119
,
198
,
204
,
206–9

Nottingham
43–4

Nouaillé-Maupertuis
144

 

Odon, River
89–90
,
91

Oisemont
97

Oldcastle, Sir John
217–18

Order of the Garter
125–7

orders of chivalry
125–7
,
129

Oriflamme of St Denis
84
,
109
,
149

Orléans, Louis, duke of
149
,
151
,
197
,
209
,
237
,
248–9

Orléans, siege of

English advance on
266

blockade
268–9

Battle of the Herrings
269

Jeanne’s letter to English
269–70

Jeanne d’Arc arrives at
270

Saint-Loup sally
270

attack on Saint-Jean le Blanc
270

English withdrawal
270–1

Orleton, Bishop
41

Orwell
35–6

Orwell, River
56

outlawry
74

Oxford, earl of
149

 

Pamplona
173

papacy, the
31
,
35
,
47–8
,
59
,
79
,
129
,
131
,
146
,
153
,
159
,
180
,
190
,
207–8

Paris
96
,
140
,
160
,
161–2
,
165
,
169
,
210
,
261
,
273

Paris, Treaty of, 1259
20

Paston letters, the
5

Patay, Battle of
271

peace negotiations

Edward III, King
131–3
,
158–9
,
162
,
163
,
165

Treaty of Brétigny,
163

Treaty of Troyes
259–60
,
264
,
273

Arras, 1435
273

Peasants’ Revolt, the
185–8
,
216

Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile
170–6

peerage, the
62

Penthieve, Jeanne de
77–9

Percy, Henry ‘Hotspur’, rebellion
198–205

Périgord, cardinal of
144
,
146
,
158–9

Péronne
235
,
236
,
237–8

Perrers, Alice
179

Philip II, King of France
16
,
18

Philip IV, King of France
22
,
24
,
25
,
29
,
40

Philip V, King of France
31

Philip VI, King of France

accession to throne
41–2

Edward III pays homage to
42

and Robert of Artois
46–7
,
49

fleet
47
,
48

confiscation of Aquitaine
49

Flanders campaign, 1339–40
52

and Breton succession crisis
77

Breton campaign
79

Crécy Campaign
95–6
,
97

at Crécy
105–6
,
109–10

failure to learn lesson of Crécy
113–14

attempt to relieve Calais
122–3

and the Black Death
127

death
129

Philip, Duke of Burgundy
259
,
266
,
269
,
273

Philippa of Hainault, Queen
37
,
42
,
43
,
124

Pipot, Robert
137

pits
78–9

Ploermel
130

Plymouth
52–3

Poitiers, Battle of

advance to
143–4

first contact
144

negotiations
144–6

English deployment
146
,
148

French deployment
146
,
148
,
149

French forces
146
,
148

dispositions
147

archers
148
,
149–50
,
152

French plan
148–9

French cavalry assault
149–50

French men-at-arms attack
150–1

French third division attacks
151–2

English advance
152–3

flank attack
152–3

prisoners
153

casualties
151
,
154–5

aftermath
155–6
,
165

Poitiers Campaign, 1356
139
,
156–7
,
165

preparations
137–8

cost
138

plan
138

English forces
140

chevauchée
140–4

French forces assemble
141

prisoners
141

siege of Romorantin
143

march to Bordeaux
156

ransom money
156–7

aftermath
157–63

return to England, 1357
158

Poitou
19

Poix
96–7

Pontoise
274

Pontorson
256

Portugal, kingdom of
170

prices

longbows
70

ale
80

prisoners

Caen
92
,
92–3

selling on
93

Neville’s Cross
120

Calais
124–5

Mauron
131

Poitiers Campaign
141

Poitiers
153

Najera
175

 

Quiéret, Admiral
56
,
58

 

Radcot Bridge, Battle of
189

Ragman, the
40

Ramkyn, Richard
201–2

ransoms
93
,
138
,
156
,
163
,
175

rape
92

rebellion, 1405
206–9

rebellion, 1451
278

regency council of state
42

religion, and social control
213–15

Rennes
78

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