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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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
101 King of France and England
Season 3 Episode 43
Edward faced a weary time, a weary time. His allies demanded money, he had none to give them. So they refused to fight, while the French closed in on…
12 years, 10 months ago
100 Theatres of War
Season 3 Episode 42
Edward had traditionally received much of the blame before the start of the Hundred Years War. But in fact there were many reasons why France and Eng…
12 years, 11 months ago
99 Year One of a Hundred
Season 3 Episode 41
It's claimed that Edward started the war against Francve for glory and fame. This is deeply wrong. The root cause was French aggression. Philip VI wa…
12 years, 11 months ago
98 The Disinherited
Season 3 Episode 40
In the early 1330's, Edward was a hero searching for a way to undo the humiliations visited on him by Mortimer and by the French. And Edward Balliol,…
12 years, 11 months ago
97 Above all Princes of his Age
Season 3 Episode 39
In 1330 a group of Edward's friends gathered together at the foot of the rock on which Nottingham castle stands. They had learnt of a secret passage …
12 years, 11 months ago
96 A History of Medieval Europe Part IV
Season 3 Episode 38
With the defeat of the Hohenstaufen, surely the Papacy had finally won it's battle for supremacy? Actually not. A new challenge rode into town in the…
13 years ago