Wednesday, 28 February 2018

The day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350

‘…so ought not this event in any history to be forgotten. Then it is well that I tell it to you!’ This noteworthy historical event described by the Black Prince’s biographer was in fact the little known attempt by French forces during the Hundred Years War to recapture the English held town of Calais by […]

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