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The Battle of Crécy: in the Footsteps of Edward III of England and Philippe VI of France

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Medieval Blog, Valois blogPosted August 26, 2020

The Hundred Years’ War…  Doesn’t this sound daunting?  Frightening for everyone, indeed.  It lasted more than 100 years and was one of the most bloodthirsty and longest military conflicts in history.  Jean Froissart (a French-speaking medieval author from the Low Countries) became the most famed chronicler of this war, and...

Tags: Count Charles II d’Alençon, Count Louis I of Flanders, Count Louis II de Blois, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Duke Rudolph de Lorraine, Edward the Black Prince, King Edward III of England, King Jean of Bohemia the Blind, King Philippe VI of France, the Battle of Crécy, the Hundred Years’ War
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