Synopses & Reviews
This book makes an important general contribution to the history of war in medieval times, and opens up new and original perspectives on a familiar topic.
Review
'Allmand writes lucidly, does not talk down, and is the master of his subject, as familiar with the primary sources as with the modern literature. The information, analysis and judicious comment which he packs into only 172 pages of text makes The Hundred Years War a model of its kind.' The Times Literary Supplement
Review
'Dr Allmand writes well on the progress of the war, and in one or two important respects revises Perroy's influential narrative. The distinguishing feature of this book is, however, the attempt to place the conflict in a wider social, economic and cultural setting ... Probably never before for the English reader has the Hundred Years War been placed in a broader context.' History
Synopsis
A comparative study of how the societies of late medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them from political, military, social and economic perspectives.
Table of Contents
Preface; List of abbreviations; Maps; Genealogy; Introduction; 1. The causes and progress of the Hundred Year War; 2. Approaches to war; 3. The conduct of war; 4. The institutions of war; 5. War, social movement, and change; 6. War, people and nation; 7. War and literature; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.