The Real Bloody Medieval Battle for France | Hundred Years' War

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Historian Dan Jones sets out on a journey across Northern France, following in the footsteps of Edward III and his English army on their Crécy Campaign - one of the earliest and bloodiest raids of the Hundred Years' War.

On 12th July 1346, a huge English invasion fleet landed on the shores of Normandy. The King of England was here to claim the throne of France for himself.

But Dan isn’t just interested in the princes and lords in charge of the campaign, but the ordinary men of Edward’s army. In his latest project, the meticulously researched historic novel “Essex Dogs”, Dan has imagined what life would be like for these common soldiers battling through Normandy and beyond - this was an army that was notorious for destroying and pillaging everything in their path.

In the first episode Dan travels through the beautiful cities and fertile countryside of Normandy, just like Edward and his men did in 1346, smashing through towns like Valognes and Carentan. Meeting with Prof. Michael Livingston, Dan explores how the English army fought, and crucially, how it was supposed to operate in hostile lands.

Arriving in the medieval market town of St. Lo, Dan discovers the brutal tactics that the English employed during their campaign - and meets Dr. Elodie Giard to investigate their terrifying scorched-earth policy: the chevauchée.

Within weeks the English had rampaged across Normandy, and now stood at the gates of one of the most important cities in France - Caen. Going inside the medieval castle with archaeologist Alban Gottfrois, Dan learns all about the assault that the English made on the city - the burial place of William the Conqueror - and the devastating outcome of the attack.

But here are at least two sides to every story, so Dan also investigates the moves of Edward’s opponent, Philippe VI of France, and finds out that, although the campaign may have started well for the English, as they approach Rouen things will take a horrible turn for the worse… the hunters will become the hunted.

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Dan Jones needs to be given a Giant budget, and a netflix or amazon series, to cover the full hundred years war.

christrobaugh
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Need more videos with Dan Jones, love every episode with him

Just-ehfm
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I lived in Banbury, England when I was a kid, even have picture of me standing in front of Warwick Castle, completely oblivious to any of the historical significance 😢 because of these videos with Dan Jones I am completely caught up and wish they were available back in the 1990’s!

AprilLaRae
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I hope that part 2 of this story will be available soon enough? This has been a great narration by Dan Jones, he has done a fantastic job.

jmwilliamsart
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Love Dan as a host, and an author. Essex Dogs is a great read.

Redmond__
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Amazing documentary, incredible book and awesome narration. Dan Jones is the handsome historian we history buffs wish we could be

martingrimwood
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Love love me some Dan Jones. I could literally watch/listen to him all day! Informative, entertaining, nice voice, brilliant accent and easy on the eyes too...just ❤❤❤❤❤

katstone
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Dan Jones is a class act, I love his narration in every series he does, you can't tell he loves medieval history.

LiamGale
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Yes we need a full exploration of this conflict! Add to the excellent narrative some of the practical explanations of tactics and the weapons... Tod's Workshop would be a great start.

gregedmand
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Cannot wait for the 2nd Essex Dogs, just finished the first and lover it. Could be a good mini tv series.

markblue
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Dan Jones is simply the best history presenter out there! I've enjoyed learning about the Plantagenents through his videos!

AaliyahAliSlaveOfAllah
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Dan Jones Explains Better than Anyone!

Go-Dawgs
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Finally some new content. Not the same documentaries disguised with new titles and thumbnails. Thank you !

vanessadebrino
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Dan jones is such a great historical communicator. There are better historians but none better at translating history into a way your average viewer could have interest in.

newyardleysinclair
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I waited so long for a good Crecy documentary, with Dan Jones I'm even more happy. Thanks so much for the upload

Paul-pjp
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Wonderful, very absorbing documentary, thoroughly enjoyed it! However, I’m still waiting to be told about the battle of Crécy.

TheLoathsomeCowboy
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I have been looking forward to watching this ever since I was waiting for Essex Dogs to come out, and I have to say, I was not disappointed!

brynnesantos
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Thanks to all who work on this amazing Channel, no doubt they are the best suppliers of accurate History.

njorogefred
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I’ve visited France about 30 times over the past 47 years and seen all of Normandy and paid my respects at the cemeteries and monuments of the 1st and 2nd world wars, especially at the Welsh Dragon at the Somme battlefield (because I’m Welsh obviously..). I love Calvados for obvious reasons and paired with crepes it’s utter perfection ! The food is especially delicious here. We’ve visited Brittany many times, Paris (I stood by the Eiffel Tower but didn’t go up - it’s better seen from a distance as someone who’s deathly afraid of heights plus you get the full perspective), Rouen, Bordeaux, Champagne, Cognac, travelled through the Alps, been to Perpignan, Nice, Provence, La Rochelle (my personal favourite), Royan and La Palmyre near Les Mathes. I’ve got cousins who have a house in St Jean D’Angeley near Saintes and we visited regularly as children and as adults staying about 20 minutes away. I love Cognac and visiting the cellars and producers such as Rémy Martin and Courvoisier. We love Royan, the Charante Maritime, Vendee and the Loire and Rhone Valley as well as the Dordogne. It’s a beautiful country with incredible scenery, food and wine and the people are friendly and welcoming especially when you at least try speaking the language ! That’s where most people come unstuck, they don’t even try and often get a poor response from the French people.. If you at least try, they love it and love trying their English out on you ! I’d recommend everyone to go and see all of these beautiful places and try the wonderful food especially regional specialties that that particular region is known and celebrated for, as well as the fabulous wine, champagne, cognac and Calvados - go and enjoy it !!

KE
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The title is misleading - should be "Retracing the ransacking and pillaging of Normandy by the army of Edward III in 1346". As the video does not cover the Battle of Crecy it shouldn't be in the title.

thomasrotweiler