This is the second volume of a five-volume study on the history of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). Although this protracted conflict is primarily associated with the kingdoms of France and England, it was in fact a pan-European conflict. The author takes this far-reaching dimension into account with his detailed account of all aspects of the conflict.
In the second volume of his history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the French king.
