Deeds of Arms Ser.: Will a Frenchman Fight? : Deeds of Arms Vol 4 by Steven ...

Will a Frenchman Fight?Chivalric Combat and Practical Warfare in the Hundred Years War\nAuthor(s): Steven Muhlberger, Steven Muhlberger\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Freelance Academy Press, United States\nImprint: Freelance Academy Press\nISBN-13: 9781937439170, 978-1937439170\nSynopsis\nThe rulers of both England and France had reason to be unhappy as the 1380s dawned. Although the French regime was in better shape than it had been in a while, the country still lay open to English attack and the populace was angry about it. The English regime was no happier; it was futilely trying to realize the gains seemingly promised by the victory at Poitiers back in 1356. This had been its constant occupation for a quarter century, but ultimate success seemed as far away as ever.\n\nThis book describes a campaign of the Hundred Years War in [tel] in which a variety of different kinds of combat and different motives for fighting are evident. The campaign itself was a great chevauche, or raid, s