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Battle of Castillon 1453

Battle of Castillon 1453


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The defeat of John Talbot and his Anglo-Gascon army on 17 July 1453 at Castillon on the River Dordogne, 25 miles east of Bordeaux, was the last of the great battles of the Hundred Years War. The battle was a catastrophic defeat for Talbot and heralded the rapid collapse of the last vestiges of English power in south-west France. Three months later the last English troops left Bordeaux. The end of interest rule in Gascony brought to an end a period during which, in a little over four years, the French had driven the English from all their lands in Normandy and Gascony, leaving the Calais Pale as the only surviving possession in France - which the English Crown would hold for another century. The battle also marked an important step in the evolution of warfare. King Charles VII had brought about major reforms in the French army, establishing a standing army, and, thanks to the technical and tactical innovations of the Bureau brothers, artillery played a decisive role on the battlefield for the first time. To put the Battle of Castillon in perspective the book summarizes the origins of the Hundred Years War and the ebb and flow of fortunes during the war until the Treaty of Tours in 1444. It then describes the military reforms of King Charles VII and the innovations of the Bureau brothers in the development of artillery. John Talbot, who died in the battle, had a long and successful military career, and was one of the few English commanders to emerge from the final years of the 100 Years War with his reputation intact. He fought during the reconquest of Normandy and, as the commander of the English army attempting to stem the French tide in Gascony, was a key figure in the later years of the war. His military career is described and the book then recounts in detail the campaigns in Normandy in 1449-50 and in Gascony in 1451 and 1452-3. The battle of Castillon, the decisive action in the final French reconquest of Gascony, is described in detail. The book concludes with an account of the aftermath of the battle and the final expulsion of the English after the surrender of Bordeaux three months to the day after the defeat of John Talbot at Castillon.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781804513552
  • Publisher: Helion & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: Helion & Company
  • Height: 248 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 354 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1804513555
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Death Knell for English France
  • Width: 180 mm


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