A Great and Glorious Adventure (46 page)

composition
64–6
,
70–2
,
223–4

archers
70

men-at-arms
70–1

light cavalry
71

organization
74

uniform clothing
74–5

English Civil War
283
,
284

English forces

Crécy Campaign
81–2

Crécy
100
,
102

Crécy losses
110

Neville’s Cross
119

at Mauron
130–1

chevauchée
, 1355
133

Poitiers Campaign
137
,
140

Poitiers losses
154–5

Spanish campaign, 1367
170–1
,
173

Breton campaign, 1379
183–4

Breton campaign, 1380
184–5

Azincourt Campaign
223–4
,
233

Azincourt
240–1
,
242

Azincourt losses
249

Normandy campaign
254–5

English identity
3
,
221

English language
6–7

English military system
61–2

English navy
48–9
,
54–8
,
89
,
99

Enrique of Trastamara
170–6
,
172–4
,
176
,
182

Erpingham, Sir Thomas
246

Estates General, the
157

Étaples
114
,
181

Eu
234

Eu, Count of
93

European Union
285

Evesham, Battle of
20
,
33

Falaise
256

Falkirk, Battle of
25

Fastolf, Sir John
269
,
271
,
277

Fay, Godemar du
98

Fécamp
234

Felton, Sir Thomas
182

Felton, Sir William
173–4

Ferrers, Sir Robert de
94–5

feudal military system
61–3

feudal system
61–2

finances

Edward III
53–4
,
58–9

Jean II
130

Henry IV
196
,
205

Henry V
222–3

Flanders
266

Flanders campaign, 1339–40
50–3
,
51

Folkestone
52–3

Fontenay-le-Pesne
90

food
80

force multipliers
283–4

Formigny, Battle of
276–7

France
xi
,
157–62

English claim to the throne dropped
1

English claim to the throne of
2
,
12
,
41–2

time at war with
2

national identity
3
,
284

taxation
3

English territories
13–20
,
32
,
163
,
265

extent of country
16

John’s loss of English territories
18–19

Henry III gives up claim to French territories
20

alliance with Scotland
24

English control of Atlantic coast
48

the Black Death
127–8

lawlessness after Poitiers campaign
157–62

Edward III renounces claim to throne
163
,
165

English loss of territories
177–9
,
275–9

continuance of war, 1386
188–9

civil war
209–11

Henry V claims restitution of English territories
221–2

impact of Azincourt
251–2

relations with Britain
284–5

free companies
160

French fleet
47
,
48
,
52–3
,
54–8
,
181–2
,
205–6

French forces
69

Caen
90

Crécy
105

Crécy losses
110

at Mauron
130–1

Poitiers losses
154

Spanish campaign, 1367
170

at Najera
175

Azincourt Campaign
234
,
237

Azincourt
239
,
245

Azincourt losses
248–9

artillery
275

professionalization
275
,
283

French Republic, the
1

French Revolutionary Wars
285

Froissart, Jean
5
,
86
,
94
,
98

galleys
53
,
55

Garde de la Mer
75–6

Gascoigne, Sir William
217

Gascony
52

Gaulle, Charles de
2

Gaveston, Piers
26–7
,
30
,
32–3

Genoa
55

Genoese crossbowmen
98
,
105
,
106–8
,
114

Geoffrey of Anjou
14

Geoffrey of Maldon
90

George III. King
1
,
12

Gesta Henrici Quinti
224
,
233
,
237
,
239

Ghent
52

Glorious Revolution of 1688
284

Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of
189
,
190
,
223
,
247
,
252
,
264
,
266

Glyn D
ŵ
r, Owain
197–8
,
199–200
,
201
,
206
,
211–12

Godric, Saint
6

gold prices
8–9

Golfe de Lion, the
133

Goucourt, sire de
227
,
228
,
230

Granada
170

Grandvilliers
96

Great Army of the Sea, the
54–8

Great Britain
x

English claim to the throne of France
1
,
2
,
12

time at war with France
2

relations with France
284–5

Great Seal of England
54
,
82

Great Western Schism, the
180

Great Yarmouth
48

Gregory XI, Pope
180

Gregory XII, Pope
207–8

Grey, Sir Reynold
197–8

guerrilla warfare
177–9

Guienne
179

Guînes, Treaty of
131–3

Guy of Boulogne, Cardinal
132

Hainault, count of
33

halberds
71

Hales, Sir Robert
187

Halidon Hill, Battle of
46
,
66–7
,
103

Harcla, Sir Andrew
66

Harcourt, count of
94

Harcourt, Sir Godfrey
94
,
96

Harfleur

French attempts to regains
252
,
254

French recapture
273

Harfleur, siege of

advance to
225–6

defences
226–7

garrison
227

cannon
227–8

blockade
228

flooding
229

mining operations
229

surrender
230
,
232

Harold Godwinson
13

Harwich
52–3

Hastings, Battle of
13

Hawkwood, Sir John
8
,
164
,
169

heavy cavalry
64–5

Henry, Prince (son of Henry II)
16

Henry I, King
14

Henry II, King
14–16
,
63

Henry III, King
19–20

Henry IV, Bolingbroke, King
194

and the Peasants’ Revolt
186
,
187

exile
190

seizes crown
191–3

background
195

reign
195

finances
196
,
205

French reaction to
196
,
197

Welsh rebellion
197–8
,
205
,
211–12

and the Percys
198–200

Battle of Shrewsbury
199–205

use of decoys
202

rebellion, 1405
206–9

health
208
,
210

makes heresy a secular crime
216

death
211

Henry V, King
220

birth
196

leadership
3–4

military ability
8
,
212–13

at Shrewsbury
155
,
200
,
202–4

arrow wound at Shrewsbury
155
,
203–4

and Henry IV’s health
208

and the Lollards
216
,
217–18

appearance
217

coronation
217

religious piety
217
,
233

status
221

claims restitution of French territories
221–2

finances
222–3

Azincourt Campaign preparations
222–5

and the Southampton Plot
225

at Harfleur
226
,
228–9
,
230
,
232

cannon
227–8

Azincourt Campaign
4
,
232–3
,
237–8

at Azincourt
240–1
,
246

Azincourt address
242–3

orders killing of prisoners
248
,
249

arrival at Calais
249

return to England, 1415
249
,
251

negotiations with Sigismund
252

Normandy campaign
254–9

siege of Rouen
256–8

administration of Normandy
258–9

alliance with Jean the Fearless
259

recognized as heir to the French throne
259–60

and the Treaty of Troyes
259–60

marriage
260

entry into Paris
261

campaign, 1421
262

death
264
,
285

Henry VI, King
264
,
273
,
274
,
285

Henry VII, Tudor, King
281

Henry VIII, King, French campaigns
281–2

Henry of Lancaster
130
,
132

heresy
213
,
215–19

Hesdin
114

Holland, Sir Thomas
93
,
126
,
167

Homildon Hill, Battle of
198–9

honours system
62–3

horse armour
64
,
149

horses
64–5

transport
81

Crécy Campaign
82

at Crécy
104
,
108–9

health hazards
121

at Poitiers
149

at Azincourt
247

household retinues
71–2

Hungary
126

Hungerford, Sir Walter
241

Huntingdon, earl of
92–3
,
254–5

Iberian peninsula
170

income
9

indentured retinues
72
,
222–3

infantry

rise of
65–6

wages
75

Inherent Military Probability, Theory of
7

Innocent VI, Pope
131

Inquisition, the
213

Ireland
191

Isabeau, Queen
259–60

Isabella, Queen
197

marriage
29–30

and Gaveston
30

character
30–1

and the Despensers
31
,
32
,
34

and Anglo-French relations
31–2

and Mortimer
34–6

invasion of England
35–6

peace treaty with Scotland
39–40

decline in popularity
40

claim to the throne of France
41–2

capture
42–4

imprisonment
44

Isabella of Angoulême
18

Isabella of Gloucester
18

Isle of Wight
52–3
,
181
,
206

Jacqueline, countess of Hainault
266

Jacquerie
, the
160–2

James I, King of Scotland
212
,
260

Jean II, the Good, King of France

accession to throne
129

character
129

finances
130

peace negotiations
131–3
,
158–9
,
162
,
163

leadership failure
138
,
140

advance to Poitiers
144

negotiations at Poitiers
145–6

at Poitiers
148–9
,
151–2
,
153

capture
153
,
154

freedom negotiations
157–8

ransom
163

death
168

Jean III, Duke of Brittany
77

Jean of Tourraine, Dauphin
252

Jean of Valois
132

Jean the Fearless, duke of Burgundy
255
,
259

Jeanne d’Arc

background
267