The Hundred Years War - Primary Sources and Articles

Primary Sources

Medieval London's Military Contributions - updated September 22, 2002

Source Documents Relating to the Wars of Edward III  - from ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies  - added June 3, 2002

Petitions dealing with warfare from Fourteenth century Berwick, Cumbria and Durham- added August 11, 2002

Walter de Manny attacks Mortagne, 1339 - added May 25, 2003

Edward III's Letter detailing his campaign in France, 1339 - added June 18, 2003

The French Chronicle of London on the battle of Sluys and the siege of Tournai - added December 9, 2001

Jeanne of Flanders, countess of Montfort, leads a sortie (1342) - added May 25, 2003

The Battle of Crécy according to Froissart - added September 13, 2002

The Life of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald - added September 15, 2002 (PDF)

Letter from Edward the Black Prince, about the Battle of Poitiers, 1356

Peasants at War in France: Guillaume l'Aloue in 1359 - added September 2, 2003

Contrat de maître Barra, facteur d’arbalètes et autres artilleries,  pris au service du consulat de Cahors le 1er octobre 1369 - added March 16, 2003

The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich (1383), according to the Chronicle of Henry Knighton - added December 13, 2003

Warfare in France and Flanders, 1381 to 1386, according to Buonaccorso Pitti - added March 16, 2003

The Tree of Battles, by Honoré Bonet - added June 1, 2003

Battle of Agincourt, 1415 - added January 1, 2002

Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans (1428), according to the Commentaries of Pius II - added September 1, 2003

Joan of Arc's campaigns, from the Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet - added November 11, 2001

Books, Chapters and Articles

Aussel, Max, Conditions sous lesquelles Cahors accepte la domination anglaise (janvier 1362) - from Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot v.119 (1998) - added February 28, 2003

Ayton, Andrew, Edward III and the English aristocracy at the beginning of the Hundred Years War - from Harlaxton Medieval Studies v.7 (1998) - added August 13, 2002

Bennett, Matthew, The Development of Battle Tactics in the Hundred Years War - from Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War (1994) - added June 9, 2003

Curry, Anne, Sex and the Soldier in Lancastrian Normandy, 1415 - 1450 - from Reading Medieval Studies v.14 (1988) - added August 27, 2003

Curry, Anne, The Nationality of Men-at-Arms serving in English Armies in Normandy and the pays de conquete, 1415-1450: A Preliminary Survey - from Reading Medieval Studies 18 (1992) - added August 30, 2002

DeVries, Kelly, God, leadership, Flemings and Archery: Contemporary Perspectives of Victory and Defeat at the Battle of Sluys 1340 - from American Neptune v.55 (1995) - added June 17, 2003 (PDF file)

DeVries, Kelly, Contemporary Views of Edward III's failure at the Siege of Tournai - from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.39 (1995) - added June 18, 2003 

DeVries, Kelly, The Use of Gunpowder Weaponry by and Against Joan of Arc During the Hundred Years War - from War and Society v.14 (1996) - added June 17, 2003

Ditcham, Brian, The employment of foreign mercenary troops in the French royal armies, 1415-1470 (Ph.D dissertation, University of Edinburgh, 1979) - added February 3, 2003

Jones, Michael, The fortunes of war: the military career of John, second lord Bourchier (d.1400) - from Essex Archaeology and History v.26 (1995) 

Muhlberger, Steven, Fighting for Fun?  What Was At Stake in Formal Deeds of Arms of the 14th Century? - added December 26, 2002

Prestwich, Michael, English Armies in the Early Stages of the Hundred Years War: A Scheme in 1341 - from Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Studies v.56 (1983) - added February 3, 2003

Rogers, Clifford J., The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years' War - from The Journal of Military History v.57 (1993) - January 6, 2002

Runyan, T.J., Ships and Fleets in Anglo-French Warfare, 1337-1360 -  from American Neptune v.46 (1986) - added July 17, 2002

Savy, Nicolas, La défense des fortifications de Cahors pendant la deuxième moitié du quatorzième siècle - (2003) - added January 8, 2003

Savy, Nicolas, Le renseignement à Martel au début de la guerre de Cent Ans - from Bulletin de la Société des Études du Lot v.124 (2003) - added February 28, 2003

Walker, Simon, Profit and Loss in the Hundred Years War: The Subcontracts of Sir John Strother, 1374 - from The Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Studies v.58 (1985) - added January 27, 2003

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