In this episode, we explore a bit of the world of Chivalry with author Christian Cameron.

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Long Sword (Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Indigo) Hawkwood's Sword (released soon) (Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Indigo) Tom Swan and the Head of St. George (Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Indigo)

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In this episode, a guest shows up briefly for a quick reading, we look at the English situation and action after the battle, and the French predicament.

In this episode, the King of France has the Prince of Wales trapped by the nearby town of Poitiers. They engage in one of the great defining battles of the Hundred Years War.

The Duke of Lancaster launches a raid in Normandy, While King Jean II is trying desperately to raise soldiers and funds to repel the invader.

Prince Edward launches another chevauché deep into the heart of France, but the King and his sons manage to stop him and pursue him back towards the south.

News of the Prince of Wales chevauchée arrived in England, but the King is busy retaking Berwick-on-Tweed, and then leading the Burnt Candlemass, a large scale raid on the Lowlands.

Meanwhile, the Prince organizes is forces, and launches an attack against the unprepared French, taking a number of cities and castles around Gascony, and gaining the support of some French lords.

King Edward plans a new invasion, when he receives a plea for help from Philip of Navarre.

In this episode, the French Government convenes the Estates-General to work on a new tax plan for the realm, but implementing taxes in medieval France is very difficult.

Charles of Navarre plots with Prince Charles, and the King is now done with his shenanigans.

In this episode, King Edward takes a short stroll in Picardie, but King Jean left him nothing. On returning to England, the King learned that Berwick-upon-Tweed had fallen to a Scottish army.

Meanwhile, in the south of France, the Black Prince led one of the wars biggest and most successful chevauchée, a long range raid of pillaging and destruction that took him from Bordeaux to Narbonne and back.

In this episode, Charles the Bad uses the threat of an alliance with England to gain a strong position to negotiate with the King of France.

Again.

England changes its plans as a result.

Well... Mostly Scotland.

The French Government begins planning the retaking of Charles the Bad's Norman lands, and prepare for a renewed confrontation with England by trying to open a new front in England's back - Scotland. We continue with exploring what was going on between the battle of Neville's Cross and 1355.

King Edward decides to invade France once more - in Normandy and in Gascony. The command of the southern forces is given to his son, Edward, the Black Prince - his first command. Armies are recruited, ships hired, and finances reordered.