Life of Edward the Black Prince

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS OF THE BLACK PRINCE.
		Page
1330	Birth	1
	Position of Edward III.	2
	Fall of Mortimer	3
	Scottish Affairs	4
1333	Edward's Claim to the French Crown	7
	Prince Edward's Education	9
CHAPTER II. BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH WAR.
1336	Flanders and Jacques van Arteveldt	12
1338	Edward III. sails for Flanders	14
	His Journey to Coblentz	15
	He leads an army into France	16
1339	He grants Charters to the Flemings	16
1340	Birth of John of Gaunt	17
	Edward III.'s Money Difficulties	17
	Battle of Sluys	19
	Edward III. Invests Tournai	20
	Truce with France	21
1344	Earl of Derby sent to Guienne	22
	English Possessions in France	22
1345	Edward III. goes to Flanders again	24
	Murder of Van Arteveldt	25
CHAPTER III. CRESSY.
	Constitution of Edward III.'s Army	27
1346	Edward III. sails from Portsmouth	31
	He lands at La Hogue	32
	Capture of Caen	33
	Edward III. marches up the Seine	34
	Pursuit of Philip	35
	Battle of Cressy	37
CHAPTER IV. THE SIEGE OF CALAIS.
1346	Edward III. lays siege to Calais	46
1347	Surrender of the Garrison	49
	Heroism of the Six Burghers	49
	Edward III. returns to England	51
1349	Geoffroy de Chargny tries to retake Calais	52
CHAPTER V. CHIVALRY.
1347	Effect of Edward's Victories on England	54
	Chivalry	55
	Education of a Knight	56
	Institution of Knighthood	57
	210
CHAPTER XVII. DEATH OF THE BLACK PRINCE.
1376	Scene round Black Prince's Death-bed	212
	His Funeral	215
	His Character	217
	Results of the French Wars	220
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRST YEARS OF RICHARD II.
	Lancaster's return to power	221
1377	Charges of Heresy against Wiclif	222
	His "Simple Priests"	223
1381	Peasant's Revolt	223
	Insurgents enter London	224
	Murder of Archbishop Simon Sudbury	225
	Death of Wat the Tyler	225
	Wiclif's Translation of the Bible	226
	Summary	229
PLANS AND MAP.
Plan of Cressy		39
Plan of Poitiers		99
Map of France		at end of vol.

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