Siege of Calais (1346–1347)
The siege of Calais occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King Edward III of England successfully besieged the French town of Calais during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War.
A Medieval depiction of the Siege of Calais
Philip VI of France, as imagined in the 19th century
A medieval town under assault; miniature from a chronicle by Jean Froissart
Edward III of England, a portrait from the 18th century
The Crécy campaign was a series of large-scale raids (chevauchées) conducted by the Kingdom of England throughout northern France in 1346 that devastated the French countryside on a wide front, culminating in the Battle of Crécy. The campaign was part of the Hundred Years' War.
The English assault on Caen, from Froissart's Chronicles
Philip VI of France
Edward III of England
The English army crossing the Seine, as depicted in the 14th century