Edward III’s army was deep inside France when Philip VI finally brought the French host to battle near Crécy. The English ...

Is it possible for nearly 700 years of historical narrative to be wrong? Michael Livingston has made a strong case that much of what we know about the 1346 Battle of Crécy, the battle that started the ...

The Battle of Crécy in 1346 marked a turning point in medieval warfare and England’s rise as a military force. Heavily outnumbered, the English leveraged disciplined tactics, strong defensive ...

Here is the short version: In the summer of 1346 the English kicked the snot out of the French in one of the most lopsided military victories of the Middle-Ages. It was the first of the major ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal events of 26 August 1346, when the armies of France and England met in a funnel-shaped valley outside the town of Crécy in northern France. Although the ...