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The episode discusses the disastrous English cavalry charge during the Battle of Castillon at the end of the Hundred Years' War.

BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ Don't want to use amazon? Get the Ebook and Audiobook directly from us: https://www.llbdpodcast.com/products/the-highlands-burn-epub Get Nate's band's debut album here! https://secondhomesband.com/ During the closing of the Hundred Years' War the English decide to launch a cavalry charge against in an entrenched French army, directly into the barrels of hundreds of cannons. It does not end well. SOURCES: Welsh, William. Castilion: The Last Battle of the Hundred Years' War. Military Heritage. April 2008. Vol. 9, No. 5. Curry, Anne. (1993). The Hundred Years War. New York. St. Martin's Press. Grummitt, David (2010). "Castillon, Siege and Battle of". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. Nolan, Cathal J., ed. (2006). "Castillon, Battle of (July 17, 1453)". The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000–1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Vol. 1. Greenwood Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20051028021944/http://www.xenophongroup.com/montjoie/castilon.htm

People in this episode

Host: Lions Led By Donkeys

Topics covered

• Hundred Years' War
• Battle tactics
• Military history
• Cavalry charges
• French army
• Cannons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Homes Band

Products: Highlands Burn

Books & works: Castilion: The Last Battle of the Hundred Years' War, The Hundred Years War, Castillon, Siege and Battle of, The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000–1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization

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