The Hundred Years' War

Primary Sources

Early Stages of the War

Medieval London's Military Contributions  

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

Walter de Manny attacks Mortagne, 1339

Edward III's Letter detailing his campaign in France, 1339

The French Chronicle of London on the battle of Sluys and the siege of Tournai

Descriptions of warfare found in the Chronicle of Louth Park Abbey, 1314-1346

The Battle of Crécy according to Jean Froissart

Jeanne of Flanders, countess of Montfort, leads a sortie (1342)

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

The Life of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald (PDF)

Peasants at War in France: Guillaume l'Aloue in 1359

Middle Stages of the War

English Troops in Portugal in 1381, according to Fernao Lopes -

The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich in 1383, according to the Chronicle of Henry Knighton

The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich in 1383, according to the Westminster Chronicle

The Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich in 1383, according to the Chronica maiora of Thomas Walsingham

Warfare in France and Flanders, 1381 to 1386, according to Buonaccorso Pitti

The Tree of Battles, by Honoré Bonet

Later Stages of the War

The Battle of Agincourt, 1415

Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans (1428), according to the Commentaries of Pius II

Joan of Arc's campaigns, from the Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Articles on the Hundred Years' War

This section lists articles related to the Hundred Years' War, between England and France, and involving other states in Western Europe.  Most of the articles are from our website, but others link to outside websites.

Ayton, Andrew and Price, J.L., The Military Revolution from a Medieval Perspective - from The Medieval Military Revolution (1998)

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

Ayton, Andrew, Robin Hood and Military Service in the Fourteenth Century- from Nottingham Medieval Studies v.36 (1992)

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

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

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)

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) (PDF file)

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

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)

DeVries, Kelly, Teenagers at War During the Middle Ages - from The Premodern Teenager: Youth in Society, 1150-1650 (2002)

Hardy, Robert, The Military Archery at Neville's Cross, 1346 - from The Battle of Neville's Cross 1346 (1998)

Herwaarden, Jan van, The War in the Low Countries - from Froissart: Historian (1981)

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

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)

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

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

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

Tout, T.F., The Tactics of the Battles of Boroughbridge and Morlaix - from English Historical Review v.19 (1904)

Tout, T.F., Some Neglected Fights between Crecy and Poitiers - from English Historical Review v.20 (1905)

Villalon, Andrew J., "Seeking Castles in Spain": Sir Hugh Calveley and the Free Companies Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369) - from Crusades, Condotierri, Codes, and Cannon:  Medieval Warfare Around the Mediterranean (2002)

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)