In the steps of the Black Prince
Subtitle: the road to Poitiers, 1355-1356
By: Peter Hoskins
Series: Warfare in history
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781843836117
Subjects: Campaigns; Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356; Military leadership; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246).
Table of contents: title: Prologue. Origins; title: The Chevauchée in the Languedoc, October to December 1355. Advance to contact : Bordeaux to Arouille, 5 to 11 October 1355 ; Armagnac : Arouille to Mirande, 12 to 22 October 1355 ; Toulouse : Mirande to Montgiscard, 23 to 29 October 1355 ; Carcassonne : Montgiscard to Canet, 29 October to 7 November 1355 ; Turning for home : Canet to Pennautier, 8 to 14 November 1355 ; Recrossing the Garonne : Pennautier to Carbonne, 15 to 18 November 1355 ; home for Christmas : Carbonne to La Réole, 19 November to 2 December 1355; title: Interlude. Consolidation and preparation : 2 December 1355 to 6 July 1356; title: The Poitiers Chevauchée, August to October 1356. Advance to the Vienne : La Réole to Manot, 6 July to 14 August 1356 ; Romorantin : Manot to Romorantin, 14 August to 5 September 1356 ; Manoeuvre : Romorantin to Poitiers, 5 to 17 September 1356 ; Battle joined : Nouaillé-Maupertuis, 18 and 19 September 1356 ; The return to Bordeaux : Nouaillé-Maupertuis to Bordeaux, 20 September to 2 October 1356; title: Epilogue. Aftermath; title: Appendix. Summary itinerary for Prince's division, 1355 ; Summary itinerary for Prince's division, 1356.