Tag: Medieval warfare Records and researchThe end of the Bruce Invasion of Ireland, 1318Monday 15 October 2018If you were to list the battles which most affected the history of the...Records and researchThe day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350Thursday 22 February 2018‘…so ought not this event in any history to be forgotten. Then it is...Records and researchWhat Court of Chivalry records reveal about 14th century soldiersMonday 23 October 2017 “The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence...Records and researchThe Battle of LincolnFriday 19 May 2017One of the most critical battles in medieval history was fought on Saturday 20...Records and researchUncovering evidence of the Black Prince’s Spanish gamble: NajeraWednesday 26 April 2017Exploring a forgotten Iberian dimension to the Hundred Years' War…...Records and researchThe Battle of the Seine: Henry V’s unknown naval triumphTuesday 9 August 2016On 15 August 1416, a fleet of English ships defeated a Franco-Genoese naval force...Records and researchFastolf not ‘Falstaff’: the soldier behind Shakespeare’s mythWednesday 4 May 2016The Falstaff of Shakespeare’s plays bears little resemblance to what we understand of the...Records and researchSir Hugh John: an ideal 15th century knight?Friday 18 December 2015It is amazing how a quiet afternoon at The National Archives can provide an...Records and researchWar cries and clashing steel: the Battle of AgincourtTuesday 27 October 2015A bedraggled and weary English army of over 9,000 men made its way across the river...