The Hundred Years War, David Green
The Hundred Years War, David Green
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The Hundred Years War
A People's History

Author: David Green

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/09/2021

Synopsis

The Hundred Years War (1337–1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. He also explores how the long war altered governance in England and France and reshaped peoples' perceptions of themselves and of their national character.

Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known characters—Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many others—as well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years War's impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost.

About David Green

David Green is senior lecturer in British studies and history, Harlaxton College, and a regular speaker on medieval history at conferences and seminars in the UK, Ireland, and the US.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terence on July 10, 2015

This isn't a bad book about the period but I can't really recommend it. The writing is often awkward and repetitive (particularly in the first 1/3 or so of the book). It's as if the author wrote a series of papers on each of the topics he addresses but didn't polish a final draft, removing material......more

Goodreads review by Martin on January 28, 2015

If one theme dominates David Green's history of the Hundred Years War above all others, it is change. Changes to the lives of those who fought the battles, or ploughed their fields; changes to religious institutions and battlefield tactics, changes to the perception of women in society, or concepts......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on November 20, 2021

I finished this, but only just. The book's self-described goal was to present the hundred years war from the point of view of the various groups of people affected by it: women, clergy, captives etc. Although the chapters were divided that way each chapter skipped back and forth through time with no......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 10, 2024

I'll admit to a bit of disappointment with the book. From the title and description one might reasonably get the impression this is a socio-cultural history of the hundred years war, focused on the experience of the masses. In practice, however, it is a standard political history of the conflict foc......more

Goodreads review by Mark on November 29, 2021

This is a work of obvious scholarship (39 pages of notes, 24 page bibliography), yet whether it is intended for a general audience is uncertain. Knowing next to nothing about the subject (not even the precise century - 13th? 14th?), I nevertheless plowed ahead and, after only 255 pages, I have a rou......more

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