The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453
The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453
The Hundred Years War offers an opportunity to consider strategy in the context of medieval European warfare in general, while also considering the specifics of the Anglo- French conflict of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Between 1337 and 1453, English armies invaded and occupied France with the ostensible aim of enforcing the English kings' claim to the French throne. In Chapter 4, Anne Curry explains why certain strategies were chosen at particular points, noting that strategic decisions in medieval warfare often appeared to result from personal choices by kings and princes at particular moments in time, with little attention to theory or to 'lessons of history'. Throughout the period, rulers and commanders viewed warfare not simply as action against armies, with the ultimate goal of prevailing in battle. Instead, they also sought to demoralize the population, reduce economic sustainability, and weaken political authority through shifting alliances with continental rulers.
Alliances, Anglo-French conflict, Charles VII, Edward III, Henry V, Hundred years war, Strategy, Taxation, War
Curry, Anne
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19 January 2012
Curry, Anne
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Curry, Anne
(2012)
The Hundred Years War, 1337-1453.
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Olsen, John Andreas and Gray, Colin S.
(eds.)
The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present.
Oxford University Press.
(doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199608638.003.0005).
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The Hundred Years War offers an opportunity to consider strategy in the context of medieval European warfare in general, while also considering the specifics of the Anglo- French conflict of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Between 1337 and 1453, English armies invaded and occupied France with the ostensible aim of enforcing the English kings' claim to the French throne. In Chapter 4, Anne Curry explains why certain strategies were chosen at particular points, noting that strategic decisions in medieval warfare often appeared to result from personal choices by kings and princes at particular moments in time, with little attention to theory or to 'lessons of history'. Throughout the period, rulers and commanders viewed warfare not simply as action against armies, with the ultimate goal of prevailing in battle. Instead, they also sought to demoralize the population, reduce economic sustainability, and weaken political authority through shifting alliances with continental rulers.
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Alliances, Anglo-French conflict, Charles VII, Edward III, Henry V, Hundred years war, Strategy, Taxation, War
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