The First Stage of the Hundred Years' War, 1337-1349. From the Outbreak of the War to the Black Death

England and the Hundred Years' War

by Charles William Chadwick OMAN (1860 - 1946)

This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English throne in 1327 and ends with the downfall of Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485. By carrying the story of the Hundred Years' War through the Wars of the Roses, Oman portrays this era of battle and plague within the larger context of the dynastic struggles and civil wars which destabilized England and left France vulnerable to invasion and conquest. Summary by Pamela Nagami.

Listen next episodes of England and the Hundred Years' War:
From the Black Death to the Peace of Brétigny, 1349-1360 , From the Peace of Brétigny to the Renewal of the French War.--England under Edward III.--The Spanish War. 1360-1369 , Henry IV., 1399-1413 , Henry V., 1413-1422 , Henry VI. The Minority and the French War, 1422-1450 , Richard II., 1388-1399 , Richard II. The Years of the Minority, 1377-1388 , Richard III., 1483-1485 , Richard the King-Maker and Edward the King, 1464-1483 , The Last Years of Edward III., 1369-1377--The Loss of Aquitaine--Domestic Troubles--Rise of the Wycliffites , The Wars of the Roses, 1450-1464