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The Black Prince's Expedition Kindle Edition

by H.J. Hewitt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Edward, the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history. The first son of Edward III and an outstanding military leader, he is famous for his decisive victory at the Battle of Poitiers, and he is one of the most charismatic characters of the Hundred Years' War. This classic study focuses on the crucial phase of his extraordinary career - his daring campaign against the French in central and southwestern France in 1355-7. H.J. Hewitt's work is one of the key texts on the Prince, and it will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in medieval warfare.
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    Pen & Sword Military
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    October 28, 2004
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KC3LJYQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (October 28, 2004)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2004
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2971 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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José Rego
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017
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Mithridates VI of Pontus
4.0 out of 5 stars The Black Prince's Expedition of 1355-1357
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2009
Herbert J. Hewitt's 'The Black Prince's Expedition of 1355-1357' (1958) is a micro-military history of the two great raids of the Hundred Years War before the decisive (and disastrous for the French) Battle of Poitiers. Hewitt was known for earlier micro-histories on Chesire and thus this work follows a similar vein, concentrating not so much on the "purely military and political aspects" but to "present the expedition in the round so that he might see the body of men sent out, their diverse origins and motives, their experiences and rewards as well as their feats of arms" (vii). Thus, Hewitt, unlike many military histories of the Hundred Years War which are concerned entirely with great battles and leaders, concentrates on the seemingly "mundane" but understudied areas of the campaign - i.e. the mechanics of raising soldiers, shipping, supplying, etc. There are some absolutely fascinating chapters on the events after the two raids, ' Ransoms, Rewards, and Pardons' and 'After the Raids' which looks at the increased English and Gascon patriotism and the dire reaction in France.

This volume has useful appendices "Audley's Esquires at the Battle of Poitiers', 'News at the Battle of Poitiers', and 'A Nominal Roll of Men Who served in the Expedition.' Hewitt is extraordinarily adept at using a wide variety of sources (even French Chronicles) in recreating the two raids. There are a few flaws - the most obviously being the short shrift he gives to the Battle of Poitiers (I guess he though that volumes had already been written) however, it would have filled out his account. This is an admirable study of a crucial juncture in the Hundred Years War before the Battle of Poitiers and a must read for the historian interested in this gargantuan struggle - however, this is a work for the historian or the very well read layman since Hewitt eschews dramatic writing and flowery battle descriptions and presupposes that the reader has substantial knowledge of the Hundred Years War.
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Stephen Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars LOGISTICS IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2011
H.J.Hewitt, who died in 1986, started by writing about Cheshire. He graduated to writing about military history. This had already been much written about; but Hewitt had an original take on it. He concentrated on logistics, rather than on battles, sieges and chivalry. He was widely acclaimed in his day, as a pioneer, for both `The Black Prince's Expedition' (1958) and `The Organisation of War Under Edward III' (1966). He also wrote a short but charming book on `The Horse in Medieval England' (1983).

All Hewitt's books were based on painstaking research in the Public Records Office and local archives. His groundwork was exhaustive, his writing style impeccable. He tells us that he originally intended to call his second book on military history `The Civilian in the Hundred Years War'; and this provides a key to his approach. He was concerned to show how a battle like Crécy or Poitiers represented the tip of the iceberg of the English war effort; and he succeeded brilliantly.

Reading Hewitt one can readily appreciate how the raid across Languedoc was an even greater achievement than the victory at Poitiers. The English succeeded because they were better organised than the French.

Stephen Cooper
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Nigel C.
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2017
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CFive
4.0 out of 5 stars MARCHING ALONG
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2016
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Really enjoyed reading this account of the expedition. The author goes into buckets loads of detail such as costs and where the individual contingents that made up the force as well as the route chosen and the various strategies adopted as well as the wages etc of those in command. Not to mention where the money came from. The actual fighting and the outcome is also covered in some considerable detail.

If you want an understanding of 14th century military tactics and the ways a military expedition was put together then you could not go wrong with this work. Very impressive.
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