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The essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice.

France --- History --- Politics and government --- France - History - Medieval period, 987-1515 --- France - Politics and government - 1328-1589

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This volume, the first of a two-volume set, is the work of fourteen European and American scholars and focuses on the wider aspects of the Hundred Years. These essays range far afield from the traditional heartlands of Hundred Years War studies to investigate the influence of the conflict on Italy, the Low Countries, and Spain and on such topics as urban history, and the actualities of weapon use on the battlefield. A number of the essays in this collection seek to re-examine old but thorny questions long associated with the conflict, including the real immediate impact of gunpowder technology on siege warfare during the fourteenth century and the "purposeful" strategy of Henry V in staging and bringing about the battle of Agincourt in 1415. With contributions by L.J. Andrew Villalon, María Teresa Ferrer i Mallol, Donald J. Kagay, Clara Estow, William P. Caferro, Sergio Boffa, Peter Michael Konieczny, Paul Solon, Manuel Sánchez Martínez, James E. Gilbert, Jane Marie Pinzino, Clifford J. Rogers, Kelly DeVries, and John Clement. Winner of the 2014 Verbruggen Prize of De Re Militari (the Society for the Study of Medieval Military History) given annually for the best book on medieval military history.

Guerre de Cent Ans, 1339-1453 --- Honderdjarige oorlog, 1339-1453 --- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- History of France --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1300-1399 --- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. --- France --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- History, Military --- Foreign relations --- Histoire militaire --- Relations extérieures --- History [Military ] --- 1328-1589 --- 1066-1485 --- Guerre de Cent Ans (1337-1453) --- Military art and science --- History --- Relations extérieures. --- Diplomatic relations.