Featuring Charles Knight
Previously on England Looses Her Last French Territory
Time: 1558
Place: Calais, France
The importance of Calais was thus described by Micheli, the Venetian ambassador, only one year before it finally passed from the English power:
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Battle of St. Quentin
Featuring Charles Knight
Previously on England Looses Her Last French Territory
Time: 1558
Place: Calais, France
The Duke of Savoy, though young, was an experienced soldier, and he determined to commence the campaign by investing St. Quentin, a frontier town of Picardy. The defence of this fortress was undertaken by Coligny, the Admiral of France, afterward so famous for his mournful death. Montmorency, the Constable, had the command of the French army. The garrison was almost reduced to extremity--when Montmorency, on August 10th, arrived with his whole force, and halted on the bank of the Somme. On the opposite bank lay the Spanish, the English, the Flemish, and the German host. The arrival of the French was a surprise, and the Duke of Savoy had to take up a new position. He determined on battle. The issue was the most unfortunate for France since the fatal day of Agincourt. The French slain amounted, according to some accounts, to six thousand; and the prisoners were equally numerous. Among them was the veteran Montmorency.
Previously on England Looses Her Last French Territory
Time: 1558
Place: Calais, France
The Duke of Savoy, though young, was an experienced soldier, and he determined to commence the campaign by investing St. Quentin, a frontier town of Picardy. The defence of this fortress was undertaken by Coligny, the Admiral of France, afterward so famous for his mournful death. Montmorency, the Constable, had the command of the French army. The garrison was almost reduced to extremity--when Montmorency, on August 10th, arrived with his whole force, and halted on the bank of the Somme. On the opposite bank lay the Spanish, the English, the Flemish, and the German host. The arrival of the French was a surprise, and the Duke of Savoy had to take up a new position. He determined on battle. The issue was the most unfortunate for France since the fatal day of Agincourt. The French slain amounted, according to some accounts, to six thousand; and the prisoners were equally numerous. Among them was the veteran Montmorency.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Phillip II Attacks France
Featuring Charles Knight
Introduction
Across the Channel from the white cliffs of Dover, Calais remained the last English remnant from the Hundred Years War. The town and the surrounding territory was English for two centuries from 1347 to the year this story culminates, 1558.
It starts with the the man who was to become England’s worst enemy, the King of Spain, Phillip II, only now he’s the Queen of England’s husband - well, let’s turn to Charles Knight from his book “The Popular History of England”, Volume 3.
And now, Charles Knight.
Time: 1558
Place: Calais, France
In March, 1557, Philip returned to England. He came, not out of affection for his wife or of regard for his turbulent insular subjects, but to stir up the old English hatred of France and to drag the nation into a war for his personal advantage. The fiery Pope, Paul IV, panted for the freedom of Italy as it existed in the fifteenth century; he wanted to accomplish his wishes by an alliance with France; he would place French princes on the thrones of Milan and Naples. The Spaniards he pronounced as the spawn of Jews and Moors, the dregs of the earth.
Introduction
Across the Channel from the white cliffs of Dover, Calais remained the last English remnant from the Hundred Years War. The town and the surrounding territory was English for two centuries from 1347 to the year this story culminates, 1558.
It starts with the the man who was to become England’s worst enemy, the King of Spain, Phillip II, only now he’s the Queen of England’s husband - well, let’s turn to Charles Knight from his book “The Popular History of England”, Volume 3.
And now, Charles Knight.
Time: 1558
Place: Calais, France
In March, 1557, Philip returned to England. He came, not out of affection for his wife or of regard for his turbulent insular subjects, but to stir up the old English hatred of France and to drag the nation into a war for his personal advantage. The fiery Pope, Paul IV, panted for the freedom of Italy as it existed in the fifteenth century; he wanted to accomplish his wishes by an alliance with France; he would place French princes on the thrones of Milan and Naples. The Spaniards he pronounced as the spawn of Jews and Moors, the dregs of the earth.
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