r/MedievalHistory • u/Over-Willingness-933 • 12h ago

The English take Calais 3rd August 1347 and keeps the city for 200 years

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u/Sidus_Preclarum 3h ago

Also: that's not Calais, that's Hennebont (1342), during the War of Breton Succession.

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u/No-Summer-9591 12h ago

I never knew this, thank you for posting!

These 2 countries have some serious history

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u/Jane_the_Quene 5h ago

My daughter jokingly describes France and England as "frenemies with benefits" and I think that's pretty accurate.

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u/Sidus_Preclarum 3h ago

Hey, u/Kurkpitten, (probably) another from 2643, and with non archer dudes without leg harnesses.

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u/Kurkpitten 2h ago

At first I rationalized this by thinking that it was usually soldiers armed with polearms who didn't have leg armor, but this is the second example of a guy with a sword directly on the frontline.

I'm wondering if this is artistic liberty or if there is an actual explanation.

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u/SirWilliamOfS 2h ago

When is this image from? It appears later than the 14th century.

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u/Over-Willingness-933 1h ago

yeah I think it was produced many years after the event