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Commanders at the Battle of Poitiers: The Black Prince against King John II of France. Size of the armies at the Battle of Poitiers: The Black Prince’s army numbered some 7,000 knights, men-at-arms and archers. Numbers in the French army are uncertain but were probably around 35,000, although Froissart gives the size of the French army as 60,000.
The Battle of Poitiers was one of the most pivotal confrontations in the Hundred Years' War, a protracted struggle between England and France that spanned over a century. Situated near the city of Poitiers in western France, this battle not only showcased the tactical brilliance of Edward, the Black Prince, but also led to the capture of King John II of France, an event that sent shockwaves ...
Jan 26, 1996 · In 732, under the command of Abd-er- rahman, they were decisively defeated by Charles Martel and the Franks at the Battle of Poitiers [or Tours]. This event looms much larger in Western history than Muslim - leading to a famous passage of purple prose by Edward Gibbon about minarets rather than spires in Oxford if the Muslims had won.
Mar 23, 2022 · Sketch for the Battle of Poitiers by Eugene Delacroix, 1829, via Walter Arts Museum, Baltimore. Knowing that he had to get back to Gascon territory as soon as possible, Edward immediately started withdrawing his forces West along the Cher River but was delayed for five days in a siege at Romorantin and a further four days waiting for the Duke of Lancaster’s unsuccessful attempts to link up ...
The defeat of the Saracen invaders of Frankish lands at Tours (more properly Poitiers) in 732 A.D. was a turning point in history. It is not likely the Muslims, if victorious, would have penetrated, at least at once, far into the north, but they would surely have seized South Gaul, and thence readily have crushed the weak Christian powers of Italy.
Battle of Tours (October 732), victory won by Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, over Muslim invaders from Spain. The battlefield cannot be exactly located, but it was fought somewhere between Tours and Poitiers, in what is now west-central France.
The English proceeded to slaughter the French men-at-arms. English King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French in 1346 at Crecy at the outset of the Hundred Years’ War with his dismounted knights and fearsome longbowmen. A small pocket of French troops stubbornly fought on.
