To win and lose a Medieval battle : Nájera (April 3, 1367), a pyrrhic victory for the Black Prince

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To win and lose a Medieval battle : Nájera (April 3, 1367), a pyrrhic victory for the Black Prince

by L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay

(History of warfare, v. 115)

Brill, c2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [608]-626) and index

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Winner of the 2019 Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Prize In To Win and Lose a Medieval Battle, Andrew Villalon and Donald Kagay provide a full treatment of one of the major battles of the Hundred Years War. The authors have investigated the background to Najera, traced its immediate events, and laid out its effects on Iberia and the principal adversaries in the Hundred Years War.

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Acknowledgements Authors' Academic Biographies List of Maps, Tables and Genealogies Introduction Part 1: Background 1 Intersecting Conflicts 1 Introduction 2 The Reconquista 3 Hundred Years War 2 Three Who Ruled 1 Introduction 2 Pedro "the Cruel" 3 Pere "the Ceremonious" 4 Enrique "the Bastard" 3 A Clash of Kings 1 Introduction 2 The Spark 3 A War of Words 4 Aragon's Attempt to Avoid Conflict 5 Opening Stages 6 Failure of Papal Diplomacy 7 Castilian Motives 8 Escalating Hostilities 9 The Castilian Exiles 10 Pedro's Alliances and the Role of Granada 11 An Increasingly Brutal Conflict 4 Foreign Policy and Foreign Intervention (1365-1366) 1 Introduction 2 Collecting Foreign Enemies: France and the Papacy 3 An English Alliance 4 The French Intervention That Wasn't 5 The Rise of the Free Companies 6 The Companies enter Iberia (1365-1366) 7 A Royal Loss of Nerve? (Spring, 1366) 8 Aragonese Reclamations 9 A Triumph and a Flight Part 2: Campaign and Battle 5 Preparations for Invasion (1366-1367) 1 Introduction 2 Journey to Aquitaine 3 An English Welcome 4 Winning English Aid 5 Recruitment and Preparation 6 Events at Angouleme 7 The Diplomatic Chessboard: Trilateral Negotiations 8 Aragonese Indecision 9 The Muster at Dax 10 England's Strategic Conundrum 11 Castilian Moves and Countermoves (1366-Spring, 1367) 6 The Campaign (February-April 2, 1367) 1 Introduction 2 A Mountain Crossing 3 Campaigning in "the Hungry Season" 4 Marching to Vitoria: Feint or Blunder? 5 A Royal Defection 6 England's Hour of Discontent 7 Facing Starvation 8 To Fight or not to Fight: The Crucial Question 9 End Run To Logrono 10 The War of Words 7 The Battle of Najera (April 3, 1367) 1 Introduction 2 The Castilian Army 3 English Advantages and an "English Bow" 4 The Numbers Game 5 English March to the Battlefield 6 Chivalric Niceties and Knightly Housekeeping 7 The Battle Begins 8 The Wager of Battle 9 The Role of the Longbow 10 The Face of Battle 11 Learning from Discrepancies? 12 Defeat, Pursuit, and Massacre 13 The Reason Why Part 3: Aftermath 8 Defeat from the Jaws of Victory 1 Introduction 2 An Unusual Court of Chivalry 3 The Initial Quarrel 4 Non-Payment of War Debts 5 Live to Fight Another Day 6 The King is Dead/Long Live the King 7 The Hundred Years War Renewed: The First Period of English Defeat 8 The Turning Wheel of Fortune Conclusion Appendix A: Lists of Participants from Five Sources A.1 Pedro Lopez de Ayala, Cronica de Pedro I A.2 The Chandos Herald A.3 Jean Froissart's Chronicle A.4 John of Reading A.5 Anonymous Canterbury Chronicle Appendix B: Document Translations B.1 Treaty of Alliance between Pedro I of Castile and the Crown of England (June 22, 1362) B.2 Pere III's Secret Agreement at Monzon to Support Enrique de Trastamara's Bid for the Castilian Crown (March 31, 1363) B.3 Royal Letter of Pedro I Conferring upon Fernando de Castro the Lands and Titles of Count of Castaneda, Lemos, and Sarria (June, 1366) B.4 Agreement between Pedro I of Castile, Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, and King Charles II of Navarre allowing an Anglo-Gascon Army to Traverse Navarre (Fall, 1366) B.5 Letters of Pedro I to the City of Murcia (Spring, 1367) B.6 Letter of the Black Prince to his Wife, Joan of Kent, Concerning the Victory at Najera (April, 1367) B.7 English Response to Pedro I's Appeal for Renewed English Aid (1368) Appendix C: Chronicle Translations C.1 Pedro Lopez de Ayala's Cronica de Pedro I C.2 The Chandos Herald's Life of the Black Prince C.3 The Chronicles of Jean Froissart C.4 Cronica of Pere III [Pedro IV] C.5 The DuGuesclin Memoirs C.6 Chronique des Quatre Premiers Valois C.7 The Anonymous Chronique Normande C.8 Chronique des Regnes de Jean II et Charles V C.9 Latin Poem by Walter of Peterborough C.10 Latin Poem by an Anonymous pro-English Author C.11 Chronicle of King Fernando by Fernao Lopes C.12 Monastic Chronicles Appendix D: Western European Royal Dynasties of the Fourteenth Century Kings of England Kings of France Kings of Castile Kings of Crown of Aragon Kings of Navarre Kings of Portugal Bibliography Index

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