ILLUSTRATIONS
The great battle of Sluys, June 1340
The War of Succession (1341–64)
The battle of Crécy, August 1346
The siege and looting of Caen in 1346 by King Edward III’s English troops
Charles VI returns to Paris following the battle of Roosebeke
The bridge in Verona, the Ponte Scaligeri
A tower in Verona showing distinctive swallow-tail crenellations
Châteaux Galliard, built by Richard the Lionheart in 1196
The ancient keep of the Visconti inside the Sforza fortress
Courtyard of the castle of Federico de Montefeltro in Urbino
Castel San Angelo, the medieval papal refuge on the Tiber
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1467–77
Henry Despenser, the Bishop of Norwich, with his troops, May 1383
Sir John Chandos leading his charge against the French
Donatello’s statue of Erasmo da Narni, better known as Gattamelata
The highly respected mercenary general, Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400–75)
Statue of Gangrande della Scala over his tomb at St Maria
Leo X (Giovanni de Medici, pope 1513–21) and his brother Giulio
Renaissance cannon of Duke Cosimo of Florence
The siege of Calais, August 1346–August 1347
The battle of Sempach, July 1386
Portrait of Joan of Arc by Zoe-Laure de Chatillon
Bertrand de Guesclin (1320–80)
Charles V (the Wise) who reigned over France 1364–80
Marienburg castle – the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order
Statue of the revered warrior, diplomat and administrator, Wolter van Plettenberg
Typical Dithmarschen farmhouse, at the Landesmuseum in Meldorf
The war cry of the militiamen of Dithmarschen
Endpapers: Flemish School, Predella with the Taking of Jerusalem, Ghent Museum voor Schone Kunsten © 1990, Photo Scala, Florence