ILLUSTRATIONS

The Royal Coat of Arms (Public domain)

Battle of Sluys, 24 June 1340, from Froissart’s Chronicle (© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library)

Sir Thomas Cawne (© Imogen Corrigan)

Battle of Crécy, 24 August 1346, from Froissart’s Chronicle (© Mary Evans Picture Library)

‘Blind’ King John of Bohemia (© Imogen Corrigan)

Edward the Black Prince (© Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral)

Sir John Hawkwood by Paolo Uccello (© Alinari Archive/Corbis)

Henry IV (© Imogen Corrigan)

Henry V by unknown artist, late 16th or early 17th century (© National Portrait Gallery, London)

Bertrand du Guesclin (© Imogen Corrigan)