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The Anglo-French Wars, 1294-1340: Allies and Alliances

Year: 1991

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: I begin with a question: why did both Edward I and Edward III of England spend so much time and money recruiting allies and mercenaries among the nobility of the Low Countries and the franco-imperial borderlands during their French wars? Between 1294 and 1298 and, again, from 1336 to 1340 the Plantagenet war effort against France depended heavily upon these allies and hired troops. In the event, both episodes ended in military stalemate and financial crisis. ‘Edward III’s war effort’, argues...

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DOI: 10.4000/books.irhis.1130

Author: Malcolm G. A. Vale

Institution: University of Oxford

Language: French

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2796592159

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