Research Catalog

Title

Conquest : the English kingdom of France, 1417-1450 / Juliet Barker.

Author

Barker, Juliet R. V.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

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Description

xvi, 485 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the sword--an all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Years' War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid life in Conquest."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

English kingdom of France, 1417-1450

Subject

• Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431
• 1422-1461
• France > History > Charles VII, 1422-1461

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2009.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Establishing the kingdom. Invasion ; Conquest ; Heir of France ; The English kingdom of France ; Resistance ; A second Agincourt -- Jehanne d'Arc. The pucelle ; The siege of Orléans ; A new king of France ; Capture ; Trial and execution -- War of attrition. A year of disasters ; Recovery ; Disorder and defeat ; The Treaty of Arras ; The fall of Paris -- The search for peace. Defending Normandy ; Gains and losses ; Missed opportunities ; A last military effort -- The Truce of Tours. A truce and a marriage ; Concessions for peace ; The Surrender of Maine ; The truce breaks down ; Reconquest.

ISBN

9780674065604 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011042096

OCLC

• 757935747
• SCSB-12506190

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library