Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.
Directed by Graham Johnston
Network: BBC Four
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Cast
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Janina Ramirez Self - Presenter - Nigel Saul Self - Royal Holloway, University of London
- François Neveux Self - University of Caen
- Matthew Strickland Self - University of Glasgow
- Andrew Ayton Self - University of Hull
- David Green Self - Author 'Edward, the Black Prince'
- Peter Hoskins Self - Author 'In the Steps of the Black Prince'
- Caroline Barron Self - Royal Holloway, University of London
- Ian Mortimer Self - Author
- Susan Rose Self - The Open University
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Caroline Wilkinson Self - University of Dundee - Juliet Barker Self - Author, 'Conquest' & 'Agincourt'
