Medieval History
The Battle of Margate is one of the lesser-known episodes of the Hundred Years? War, but a historian has recently analyzed this naval campaign to see how accurate the accounts of medieval chroniclers were.
In his article, ?Medieval Chroniclers as War Correspondents during the Hundred Years War: The Earl of Arundel?s Naval Campaign of 1387,? Adrian R. Bell compares what can be learned from this episode from English government records and from the reports of four chroniclers, including Jean Froissart.
Click here to read this article on Medievalists.net
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Medieval History
How accurate were medieval chroniclers in describing warfare?
The Battle of Margate is one of the lesser-known episodes of the Hundred Years? War, but a historian has recently analyzed this naval campaign to see how accurate the accounts of medieval chroniclers were.
In his article, ?Medieval Chroniclers as War Correspondents during the Hundred Years War: The Earl of Arundel?s Naval Campaign of 1387,? Adrian R. Bell compares what can be learned from this episode from English government records and from the reports of four chroniclers, including Jean Froissart.
Click here to read this article on Medievalists.net
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