The Great Chevauchée: John of Gaunt's Raid on France 1373 AUTH-7913538 and his old friend

and his old friend

ISBN13: 9781935218456

Published: 10/18/2016

Lewis Honor Award

Old Families of Louisiana was compiled in response to a demand for a comprehensive series of genealogical records of the foundation families of the state--families whose ancestors settled with Bienville in New Orleans at the time the famous old city was laid out in the crescent bend of the Mississippi River

The Great Chevauchée: John of Gaunt's Raid on France 1373 AUTH-7913538 and his old friendIn 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry, the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon overwhelmed the raiders. Beset on all sides by French ambushes and plagued by disease and starvation, the raiders battled their way through Champagne, east of Paris, into Burgundy, across the Massif Central and finally down into the Dordogne. Unable to attack