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English Longbowmen Decimate French Knights

The King replied, "Is my son dead, unhorsed, or so badly wounded that he cannot support himself?"Continuing Battles that Began The Hundred Years

There is no man -- unless he had been present -- that can imagine or describe truly the confusion of that day; especially the bad management and

The army set about furbishing and repairing their armor, and the King gave a supper that evening to the earls and barons of his army, where they made

This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Naval Battle of Sluys.IntroductionThe sea fight of Sluys began the

Today's installment concludes Revolution in Haiti,our selection from Santo Domingo: Its Revolution and Its Hero by Charles Wyllys Elliott published

Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #27.In which John Green teaches you about the life and

The Spaniards are for a moment paralyzed: they pursue him, but neither hoof nor pistol can reach him. Toussaint is not to be caught.Continuing

He was equal to the facts of life, however hard, and grappled with them and mastered them as a man should.Continuing Revolution in Haiti,our

Without him all would come to nothing, and the struggle of the blacks would be but a spasm, to end in exhaustion and discouragement; for successful