In the turbulent year of 1346 during the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Crécy unfolded in northern France. Here, King Edward iii of England faced off against King Philip vi of France in a momentous ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal 1346 conflict between the French army, led by Philip VI, and the English, under Edward III, after years of simmering tension. Show more Melvyn Bragg and ...

This new narrative account of the Battle of Crécy in 1346 reveals how modern scholars have used both traditional fieldwork and satellite technologies to help unlock the exact location of the now quiet ...

1346: Genoese mercenaries fighting under Philip VI of France are surprised, unpleasantly, when they are among the first soldiers in history to come under cannon fire. It has been claimed that this ...

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 ...