Hundred Years' War: A Game of Thrones (TRIH eps 318-321)
1337 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) examines the aftermath of the English victories at Crécy and Poitiers and the consequences of John II of France's capture and ransom. The Treaty of Bretigny initially seems to secure vast territories for Edward III and the Black Prince, but French collapse, peasant revolt (the Jacquerie), and roaming free companies create lasting disorder. The Black Prince’s rule in an expanded Aquitaine is destabilised by taxation,...
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