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111 Poitiers 1356
Season 3 Episode 53
1356 saw one of the greatest exchange of arms of the war. Early in the year, the Duke of Lancaster attacked into Normandy and with lightening marches…
12 years, 1 month ago
110 Fire and Sword
Season 3 Episode 52
In 1354 - 1355 Edward and his court wavered between optimism that a negotiated settlement was within their grasp - and determination to continue to p…
12 years, 2 months ago
109 War between the Wars
Season 3 Episode 51
The period between 1347 and 1353 was one of low level war and violence; punctuated by more or less effective truces. But even the truces don't stop t…
12 years, 2 months ago
108 What has the Black Death ever done for you?
Season 3 Episode 50
The theory runs that the Black Death transformed medieval society. With a dramatic shortage of labour, the English peasant was able to demand whateve…
12 years, 2 months ago
107 The Death of Joan
Season 3 Episode 49
In 1348 a 14 year old royal princess, Joan, set out from Portsmouth to marry Pedro of Castile. Her route went by Bordeaux, and with the massive trous…
12 years, 3 months ago
106 Neville's Cross, Calais and Roche Derrien
Season 3 Episode 48
By the end of the march across Normandy in 1346, Edward had accepted that he was not going to be able to hold French territory. But he had a clear ob…
12 years, 3 months ago
105 Crecy
Season 3 Episode 47
In 1346 Edward invaded finally launched the invasion he had hoped to lead in 1345. The target was Normandy a devastating raid through northern France…
12 years, 3 months ago
104 Lancaster and the battle of Auberoche
Season 3 Episode 46
Edward had little intention of keeping the truce for long. After a brief period of reconstruction, he repudiated the truce a year early. And so enter…
12 years, 3 months ago
103 The War in Brittany
Season 3 Episode 45
1341 saw a serious political crisis - Edward returned home determined to put his English administration, parliament and particularly Archbishop in th…
12 years, 4 months ago
102 Highs and Lows
Season 3 Episode 44
In 1340 against all the odds - of numbers and quality - Edward defeated Philip VIth's Great Army of the Sea at Sluys. The impact on morale, English a…
12 years, 4 months ago