Battle of Poitiers
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The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War, between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince. It took
The Battle of Poitiers (1830)
Edward, the Black Prince
Contemporary image of John II
A town being sacked
Truce of Calais
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The Truce of Calais was a truce agreed by King Edward III of England and King Philip VI of France on 28 September 1347, which was mediated by emissaries of Pope Clement VI. The Hundred Years' War had
Edward III of England
A medieval town under siege
Philip VI of France