The origins of the Hundred Years War

Clarendon Press

1996

xx, 319 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-301) and index.

9780198206200

Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Anglo-French Civilization; 2.1. The Legacy of the Angevin Empire; 2.2. The World of the Courts; 2.3. A Common Culture; 3. Anglo-French Tensions; 3.1. Homage for Aquitaine; 3.2. The Plantagenet Presence in France, 1259-1294; 4. Politics and Society in Aquitaine; I: The Nobility; 4.1. The Structure and Political Behaviour of the Gascon Nobility; 4.2. Private War; 5. Politics and Society in Aquitaine; II: Town and Countryside; 5.1. Economic Activity and Social Texture; 5.2. New Settlements; 5.3. Faction and Conflict; 6. Anglo-French Conflict; 6.1. The Causes of War in 1294; 6.2. War, Finance and Military Organization; 6.3. The Aftermath of War; 7. The Coming of the Hundred Years War; 7.1. The War of St Sardos and its Consequences; 7.2. The Defence of Aquitaine, 1326-1340; 8. Epilogue; Appendix I. Family Trees; Appendix II. The Costs of the Gascon War; Appendix III. Maps.

In this study of Anglo-French relations in the century before the Hundred Years War, Vale explores the sources of Anglo-French tension which ultimately led to the breakdown of feudal and diplomatic relations between these two great powers.

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