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- catalog abstract ""The rise of Bertrand du Guesclin ranks as one of the most spectacular adventures in a fourteenth century rich in heroic tales. A poor Breton squire, ungainly and unlettered, he came of age at the onset of the Hundred Years War. He spent two decades engaged in irregular warfare in his native province before he became a knight, and was recognised by Charles V as the captain France needed." "Du Guesclin fought on campaign from Normandy to Andalusia, tasted victory, was taken captive - and was finally victorious again, over such famed adversaries as Sir John Chandos and the Black Prince. He won a dukedom in Spain, but it was as Constable of France that he spearheaded the reconquest of French provinces lost after the defeat at Poitiers." "Enshrined as the Tenth Worthy, hero of the last Old French epic, his body was laid to rest among kings in the royal basilica of Saint-Denis but Du Guesclin's spirit lives on in literature and folk memory, as flower of chivalry, soldier's soldier, patriot, and liberator of his country."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13027419.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""The rise of Bertrand du Guesclin ranks as one of the most spectacular adventures in a fourteenth century rich in heroic tales. A poor Breton squire, ungainly and unlettered, he came of age at the onset of the Hundred Years War. He spent two decades engaged in irregular warfare in his native province before he became a knight, and was recognised by Charles V as the captain France needed." "Du Guesclin fought on campaign from Normandy to Andalusia, tasted victory, was taken captive - and was finally victorious again, over such famed adversaries as Sir John Chandos and the Black Prince. He won a dukedom in Spain, but it was as Constable of France that he spearheaded the reconquest of French provinces lost after the defeat at Poitiers." "Enshrined as the Tenth Worthy, hero of the last Old French epic, his body was laid to rest among kings in the royal basilica of Saint-Denis but Du Guesclin's spirit lives on in literature and folk memory, as flower of chivalry, soldier's soldier, patriot, and liberator of his country."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Funeral pomp -- Enfances (1320-1338) -- Wars within wars: Brittany (1341-1357) -- The King's man (1358-1364) -- Wars within wars: Castille (1365-1366) -- Fortune's wheel (1367) -- Revenge in Spain (1368-1369) -- Constable of France (1370-1372) -- Dubious battles (1373-1380) -- Epilogue: the life of the legend -- Appendix: The Gisants of du Guesclin.".
- catalog extent "237 p. :".
- catalog identifier "184383006X (Hardback : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "944/.025/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "DC97.D8 V45 2003".
- catalog subject "Du Guesclin, Bertrand, comte de Longueville, approximately 1320-1380.".
- catalog subject "Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers France Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Funeral pomp -- Enfances (1320-1338) -- Wars within wars: Brittany (1341-1357) -- The King's man (1358-1364) -- Wars within wars: Castille (1365-1366) -- Fortune's wheel (1367) -- Revenge in Spain (1368-1369) -- Constable of France (1370-1372) -- Dubious battles (1373-1380) -- Epilogue: the life of the legend -- Appendix: The Gisants of du Guesclin.".
- catalog title "The flower of chivalry : Bertrand Du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War / Richard Vernier.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".