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In Our Time: The Battle of Crécy

The Battle of Crécy

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal 1346 conflict between the French army, led by Philip VI, and the English, under Edward III, after years of simmering tension.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal events of 26 August 1346, when the armies of France and England met in a funnel-shaped valley outside the town of Crécy in northern France. 

Although the French, led by Philip VI, massively outnumbered the English, under the command of Edward III, the English won the battle, and French casualties were huge. The English victory is often attributed to the success of their longbowmen against the heavy cavalry of the French. 

The Battle of Crécy was the result of years of simmering tension between Edward III and Philip VI, and it led to decades of further conflict between England and France, a conflict that came to be known as the Hundred Years War. 

With

Anne Curry 
Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton 

Andrew Ayton
Senior Research Fellow in History at Keele University

and 
 
Erika Graham-Goering
Lecturer in Late Medieval History at Durham University

Producer  Luke Mulhall

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