Aquitaine: The End of a War

By Annemarie Nikolaus

By the wayside...

in France ... there are events and places worth a stopover.

This book offers an introduction to one of the grandest events of the summer in Aquitaine, and provides an insight into the historical context which the event presents and brings to life in its own unique way: the final battle in the Hundred Years’ War, by the Dordogne river.

It is the end of a war and the end of an era.

The main focus of this book is an outline of the historical events and background which set the seal on the end of this era. In addition, the author provides an introduction to the performance in Castillon-la-Bataille for anyone on holiday in the South-West of France or on the Atlantic coast.

Includes suggestions for other places to visit in the area.

Contents include:

La bataille – the show

English Guyenne

The historic battle

The end of knightly warfare

Attractions near Castillon-la-Bataille

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annemarie Nikolaus
• Release date: Mar 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005366209

Annemarie Nikolaus

German free-lance journalist and author.Gebürtige Hessin, hat zwanzig Jahre in Norditalien gelebt. Seit 2010 wohnt sie mit ihrer Tochter in Frankreich.Sie schreibt Fiction und Non-Fiction, in der Regel in deutscher Sprache. Mittlerweile sind einige ihrer Werke in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt worden.Bleiben Sie auf dem Laufenden mit dem Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/TWEoTSie hat Psychologie, Publizistik, Politik und Geschichte studiert und war u.a. als Psychotherapeutin, Politikberaterin, Journalistin, Lektorin und Übersetzerin tätig.Ende 2000 hat sie mit dem literarischen Schreiben begonnen. Seit der Veröffentlichung der ersten Kurzgeschichten schreibt sie Romane, mit besonderer Vorliebe Fantasy und historische Romane. .

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Aquitaine: The End of a War

By The Wayside…

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Contents

Introduction

La bataille – the show

English Guyenne

The historic battle

The end of knightly warfare

Attractions near Castillon-la-Bataille

Further reading

About the Author

Photo credits

Legal notice

Introduction

Each year, in a town near the Dordogne River, not far from Bordeaux, a performance takes place of the battle which ended the Hundred Years’ War between France and England. It is one of the largest open-air events of the French summer.

When Aliénor of France married the English king Henry Plantagenet in 1152 – her second marriage – the duchy of Aquitaine was her wedding gift. For more than 300 years, until the battle before the gates of Castillon on 17 July 1453, Aliénor’s Aquitaine, the prosperous south-west of France, remained under English rule.

Paradoxically, the inhabitants of Castillon did not themselves take part in this pivotal event in history. Protected behind their city walls, they followed the battle with almost as little involvement as the present-day spectators who watch the pageant.

An open seventeen-acre slope at the foot of the Château de Castegen serves as the stage for this piece of medieval history, just a cannon-shot away from the actual site of the historic battle. The re-enactment of the battle towards the end of the performance makes use of the