Description
This casebook is the most extensive collection of documents ever assembled for the study of one of the famous battles in history. Here we see the Battle of Crécy across the cultural landscape of Europe — through chronicles and letters, through poems and prophecies, through sermons and laments — enabling us to understand the events of 26 August 1346 like never before. Together with other experts, the editors have gathered, edited, and translated over 80 fourteenth-century sources concerning this fascinating and important conflict — sources from Bohemia to France, from Italy to Wales — many here printed or translated for the first time. Original essays provide historical context and literary background to help interpret the battle in light of this new material. Among the discoveries: despite its fame, the location of the battle has been misidentified for centuries, and the actions of the men on both sides of the bloodied field have been completely misunderstood. This unparalleled accumulation of material means that the Battle of Crécy will never be seen the same again.
Painstakingly brings together more than 80 sources in a staggering array of languages and forms: English, French, Italian, Latin, Welsh, Dutch, German and Czech to provide the definitive account of the battle.
Crécy is one of the most famous battles in history, yet this volume definitively updates both the accepted location and the way in which the battle is thought to have occurred.
Essential and definitive reading for scholars of the period.
This casebook is the most extensive collection of documents ever assembled for the study of one of the famous battles in history — the Battle of Crécy (1346).
...The remarkable volume … is unlike any previous study of the battle of Crécy.
...The gathering together of this vast range of source materials into a single volume and offering new translations would, in itself, present a remarkable achievement.
...offers striking new insights about the campaign of 1346 and the battle itself.
...offers unprecedented access to the sources for the campaign of 1346 and the battle of Crécy both to scholars and to students.
Chapter
1. William Retford, Kitchen Journal
3. Colins de Beaumont, On the Crécy Dead
4. Richard Wynkeley, Letter to the Blackfriars
5. Edward III, Letter to Thomas Lucy
6. Michael Northburgh, Letter
7. Edward III, Request for Supplies
8. Philippe VI, Payment to Loyal Men
9. Robert de Dreuex, Horses Lost at Crécy
10. Johann von Schönfeld, Letter to Passau
11.
Thomas Bradwardine, Victory Sermon
12. Jean de Batery, Poem of the Eight Coats-of-Arms
14. Chronicle of the Este Family
16. Chronicle of Lanercrost
19. Guillaume Flote, Horses Lost at Crécy
20. Chronicle of the Counts of Flanders
22. Chronicle
of Saint-Omer
25. Giovanni Villani, New
Chronicle
26. John of Hocsem, Chronicle
28. Jean de Winterthur, Chronicle
29. Gilles
li Muisit, Major Chronicle
31. William of Dene,
History of Rochester
32. Matthius von Neuenburg, Chronicle
33. Anonymous of Leoben, Chronicle
34. John of Tynemouth, Golden History
35. Psedo-Adam Murimuth, Chronicle [Nero Version]
36. Philippe of Orléans, Ransom Payment
38. Jan van Boedale, Brabantese Stories
39. Laurence Minot, Edward III in France
40. Polychronicon Continuation
41. Iolo Goch, Panegyric to Edward III
42. Francis of Prague, Chronicle
43. Marco Battagli, Chronicle
44. Michael de Leone, Housebook
45. Geoffrey le Baker, Chronicle
46. Anonymous of Rome, Chronicle
47. Iolo Goch, Elegy for Sir Rhys ap Gruffudd
48. Richard Lescot, Chronicle Continuation
49. Guglielmo Cortusio, History of Padua
50. Jean le Bel, Chronicle
51. Heinrich of Diessenhofen, Chronicle
52. Thomas Gray, Scalacronica [Leland’s Abstract]
53. Thomas Bisset, Gesta Annalia II
54. Neplach of Opatovice, Chronicle
55. Heinrich Taube of Selbach, Chronicle
56. John Ergom, Commentary to Bridlington’s Prophecy
58. Chronicle of Canterbury
60. Accounts of a Citizen of Valenciennes
61. Chronicle of Saint-Trond
62. John of Reading, Chronicle
63. Jean de Venette, Chronicle
64. Chronicle of Normandy
65. Beneš Krabice, Chronicle of the Church of Prague
66. World-chronicle of Köln
67. Prose Brut [Common Version to 1377]
68. Chronicle of Flanders [Version A]
69. Niccolò of Ferrara, World History
70. Chandos Herald, Life of the Black Prince
72. Henry Knighton, Chronicle
74. Tilemann Elhen, Chronicle of Limburg
75. Jean Froissart, Chronicles [Amiens Version]
76. Jean Froissart, Chronicles [Abridged Version]
77. Jakob Twinger, Chronicle of Strasburg
78. Chronicle of the First Four Valois Kings
79. Thomas Burton, Chronicle of Meaux Abbey
80. Chronicle of the Low Countries
81. Jean Froissart, Chronicles [B/C Version]
Essays on the Battle of Crécy
The Location of the Battle of Crécy
The Bohemian Participation in Crécy
The Geoese Crossbowmen at Crécy
Froissart's Herce and Crécy
The Italian Perspective on Crécy
Counting the Dead at Crécy
The Battle of Crécy
：A Casebook
( Liverpool Historical Casebooks )
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