Sir Hotspur's Uprising: The Battle of Shrewsbury, July 21, 1403

See the Battle between House Percy and Clan Douglas during the Anglo-Scots border conflict: Otterburn to Homildon Hill 1388-1402  for more. ...

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Battle between House Percy & Clan Douglas: War on the Scottish border from Otterburn to Homildon Hill, 1388-1402

The violent life of the medieval knight and men-at-arms was defined by the societal structures of feudalism, crucial to the early periods of...

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Book Review: The Hundred Years War, The English in France 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward

The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453 By: Desmond Seward (Penguin Books, New York City, 1978) Maps and Battle diagrams by ...

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King Henry V’s Victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415

On this day in history 1415, an English army led by King Henry V, the Duke of Gloucester, and Edward the Duke of York, defeated a French arm...

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Prelude to the Wars of the Roses, Usurpation, Rebellion, and medieval warfare 1387-1403

The multi-faceted causes of the War of the Roses are defined by two great medieval issues of note, compounded by the great upheavals of the ...

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