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  1. Feb 26, 2020 · The Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346 CE saw an English army defeat a much larger French force in the first great battle of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) and his son Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE) led their professional army to victory thanks to a good choice of terrain, troop discipline ...

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  2. Jan 12, 2022 · The Battle of Crécy, 26 August 1346. Neil Faulkner analyses the first great victory of Edward III’s new tactical system in the Hundred Years War. In the 1330s, in the course of the Scottish wars, the English developed a new tactical system and made a major contribution to what some describe as a ‘revolution in military affairs’.

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  4. Aug 26, 2020 · Edward III’s stunning victory over the French at the battle of Crécy marked a new dawn for the humble foot soldier. Julian Humphrys investigates what happened during this decisive battle of the Hundred Years’ War. The French army that made its way through the Picardy countryside in August 1346 was confident of victory.

  5. Aug 26, 2020 · It was no ordinary war, and the Battle of Crécy, which was fought on the 26th of August 1346 in north-east France, was not a simple military engagement either. After the failure of a peace conference in 1344, King Edward III of England launched a campaign through northern France in July 1346, and his force landed in Brittany.

  6. Roger Clarendon (ill.) Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), [1] known to history as the Black Prince, [a] was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, succeeded to the throne instead.

  7. Jan 12, 2022 · Siege of Calais (1346 – 1347) In 1346, Edward III of England claimed kingship of France in addition to that of England. He backed up this assertion by defeating the French navy at Sluys in 1340, then leading raids through Normandy that culminated in the 1346 Battle of Crecy. By this time, the English army couldn’t continue any further ...

  8. The author of the Grandes chroniques, writing at Saint-Denis soon after the battle, considered the outcome, including the heavy casualties sustained by Philip VI's army, to be divine punishment for the sins of the French – their pride, greed and vanity. In his opinion, it was small wonder that God had wished to correct ‘les excès des ...

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