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Edward III

William Parsons Warburton (1826 - 1913)

Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times is the great Continental war...He was a genuine Englishman in his rough and ready, and often incoherent policy; in his contempt for foreigners and his audacious confidence in himself and his countrymen; in his love of manly exertion; his personal pride and popular sympathies, and his freedom from lasting enmity and vindictiveness...It is in vain for cold reason to contend against the spell of the names of Creci and Poitiers; they will forever stir the English heart like the blast of a trumpet or the rustle of a consecrated banner; but these battles are not, after all, the true titles of the age to honour. Searching deeper down we shall find, and thankfully admit, that the century was one not of conquest, but of transition, development, emancipation, and characterised by a silent and gradual contraction of the area of privilege, and a corresponding enlargement of the area of liberty." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Keyword(s): France (171), scotland (85), black prince (4), edward iii (4), hundred years war (2), edward ii (2), battle of poitiers (2), pedro the cruel (2), battle of sluys (1), battle of crecy (1) ... [Show full list]

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction	Pamela Nagami	00:10:08
Play 02	First Decade, 1327-1337, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:14:29
Play 03	First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:12:43
Play 04	First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:11:07
Play 05	First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:14:25
Play 06	First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:16:19
Play 07	First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:10:12
Play 08	First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:11:46
Play 09	First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:13:47
Play 10	First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:10:03
Play 11	Second Decade, A.D. 1337-1347, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:14:43
Play 12	Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:09:50
Play 13	Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:13:32
Play 14	Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 4	Pamela Nagami	00:17:37
Play 15	Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:16:36
Play 16	Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:18:16
Play 17	Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:11:21
Play 18	Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:15:54
Play 19	Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:10:58
Play 20	Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 4	Pamela Nagami	00:15:43
Play 21	Third Decade, A.D. 1347-1357, Ch 1: The Black Death, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:13:44
Play 22	Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:17:36
Play 23	Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:14:40
Play 24	Third Decade, Ch. 2: From the Occupation of Calais to the Battle of Poitiers	Pamela Nagami	00:15:56
Play 25	Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:15:26
Play 26	Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:15:29
Play 27	Fourth Decade, A.D. 1357-1367, Ch. 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:22:06
Play 28	Fourth Decade, Ch 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:13:28
Play 29	Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:11:46
Play 30	Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:11:24
Play 31	Fourth Decade, Ch. 3: Domestic Affairs	Pamela Nagami	00:17:59
Play 32	Fifth Decade, A.D. 1367-1377, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt.1	Pamela Nagami	00:12:56
Play 33	Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:16:17
Play 34	Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 3	Pamela Nagami	00:13:06
Play 35	Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 1	Pamela Nagami	00:13:26
Play 36	Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 2	Pamela Nagami	00:09:45
Play 37	Fifth Decade, Ch. 3: From the Death of the Black Prince to the Death of Edward III	Pamela Nagami	00:22:08
Play 38	Concluding Chapter: Pt. 1 Character of Edward III and of his Reign	Pamela Nagami	00:16:55
Play 39	Concluding Chapter, Pt. 2: Social Condition of the Period, Domestic Habits, Food and Dress of the People	Pamela Nagami	00:22:25
Play 40	Concluding Chapter, Pt. 3: Language and Literature, Vision of Piers Ploughman, The Canterbury Tales	Pamela Nagami	00:14:09

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