A combination of military, social and constitutional history, this book describes fully the diplomatic complications caused by the war, provides an understanding of the internal conditions of France and England before, during and after the protracted conflict, and pictures in trenchant character sketches the leading figures on both sides. The story of the Hundred Years War - filled with such figures as Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philip the Bold and the Black Prince, and such battles as Crécy, Poitier and Agincourt - is fascinating, colorful and important to an understanding of medieval history.

First published in Paris in 1945 as La guerre de cent ans. This English edition translated by W.B. Wells. List of maps : France in 1328 ; France in 1360 (Treaty of Bretigny) ; France after the treaty of Troyes (1420)

The adversaries -- The start of the struggle (1328-1340) -- The French disasters (1340-1364) -- Charles V (1364-1380) -- Towards reconciliation (1380-1400) -- The Lancastrian conquest (1400-1420) -- Divided France (1418-1429) -- Divided France (1418-1429) -- The French recovery (1429-1444) -- The end of hostilities.