Reviews

The Hundred Years War: A People's History by David Green

zmb's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

kelsey_fussell's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.25

sophronisba's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

An excellent overview of the effects of the Hundred Years War. The chapters on women and national identity were particularly useful and thought-provoking. Green does have a tendency to repeat the major points of each chapter several times which gets a bit tiring -- I noticed this particularly in the chapter on prisoners of war.

resolutereader's review

4.0

If one theme dominates David Green's history of the Hundred Years War above all others, it is change. Changes to the lives of those who fought the battles, or ploughed their fields; changes to religious institutions and battlefield tactics, changes to the perception of women in society, or concepts of chivalry. This isn't surprising, after all this was a conflict that lasted generations and involved a succession of monarchs on both sides of the Channel. It was also an enormously brutal war, marked by massacre on both sides and savage tactics.

An impressively researched and detailed study of the impact of the Hundred Years War on European society. Not an introductory history, but nonetheless readily accessible.

My full review: http://resolutereader.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/david-green-hundred-years-war-peoples.html