Crécy

Dr Michael Livingston teaches the military and cultural history of the Middle Ages at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. He co-authored the textbook reader Medieval Warfare, and future works include books on the battles of Hastings and Shrewsbury. These add to previous books The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook, winner of the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History, and Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021).

Fascinating and engaging, and told with clear passion for the subject, Crécy: Battle of Five Kings is not to be missed.

• ForewordPrefaceList of IllustrationsList of MapsIntroduction: The Crécy Dead, 28 August 1346PART ONE: BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN, TO 13461. Roots of War, 1066–13082. Isabella and the Two Edwards, 1308–303. Wine, Wool, and the March to War, 1202–13374. The Hundred Years War Begins, 1337–46PART TWO: THE CRÉCY CAMPAIGN, 13465. The Campaign Begins, 12–23 July6. The Sacking of Caen, 23–30 July7. The Long Road to Paris, 30 July–16 August8. The Battle of Blanchetaque, 16–25 AugustPART THREE: RECONSTRUCTING CRÉCY, 26 AUGUST 13469. Reconstructing Battles10. The Armies Approach, 26 August11. Finding Crécy12. The Battle of Crécy, 26 August13. The Second Day, 27 AugustEpilogue: All the Days to ComeAppendix: The Location of CrécySuggested Reading and AcknowledgmentsEndnotesIndex