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- English
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The Black Prince
About this book
As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French at Crécy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II of France forced the French into a humiliating surrender that marked the zenith of England's dominance in the Hundred Years War. As lord of Aquitaine, he ruled a vast swathe of territory across the west and southwest of France, holding a magnificent court at Bordeaux that mesmerized the brave but unruly Gascon nobility and drew them like moths to the flame of his cause. He was Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, and better known to posterity as "the Black Prince." His military achievements captured the imagination of Europe: heralds and chroniclers called him "the flower of all chivalry" and "the embodiment of all valor." But what was the true nature of the man behind the chivalric myth, and of the violent but pious world in which he lived?
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- A Note on Nomenclature, Currency and Sources
- Image Credits
- List of Maps
- Timeline
- Prologue
- Chapter One: A Realm Divided
- Chapter Two: The Vision
- Chapter Three: Initiation
- Chapter Four: Beauty and the Beast
- Chapter Five: The Great Raid
- Chapter Six: Poitiers
- Chapter Seven: Prince of Aquitaine
- Chapter Eight: The Spanish Adventure
- Chapter Nine: Fortune’s Wheel
- Chapter Ten: Limoges
- Chapter Eleven: A Dwindling Flame
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Black Propaganda and the Sack of Limoges
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations Insert
- Index
- Also by Michael Jones
- Copyright