Best of Enemies: Anglo-French Relations Since the Norman ConquestImpress Books, 2004 - 326 páginas Republished for the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, this new edition of Best of Enemies gives an entertaining and perceptive overview of Anglo-French relations. Updated to include the Anglo-French disagreements over the second Gulf War, this is an extensively revised edition of a book that was widely praised when it first appeared in 1995. Robert Gibson gives a lucid and lively account of the love-hate relationship between the English and the French that has lasted for more than a thousand years. Richly illustrated with cartoons from both sides of the Channel, this intelligent and well-documented study will appeal to anyone interested in the history of English and French relations. Reviews of the previous edition "Best of Enemies is a thoroughly absorbing - and at times hilarious - study of 800 years of hostilities and misunderstandings between our nations." Tom Hibbert, The Mail on Sunday "Copious quotation plus a pleasingly crisp style combine to make this a very attractive and readable volume. Just the thing to consult en route to the gnte." Michhle Roberts, The Independent "This is a readable and scholarly enhancement of the understanding of our diplomatic and military history over nearly a thousand years." Alan Clark, The Daily Telegraph "[A] highly readable account of Anglo-French relations over the past millennium . the perspectives Gibson offers are welcome and timely." A.C. Grayling, The Financial Times |
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... cause was irretrievably lost . Edward III's effective campaigning in the 1350s led to the Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 , which assigned vast territories to England together with an exorbitant ransom for King Jean II . After the turn of ...
... cause was irretrievably lost . Edward III's effective campaigning in the 1350s led to the Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 , which assigned vast territories to England together with an exorbitant ransom for King Jean II . After the turn of ...
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... cause of France is the cause of all mankind , and that liberty cannot be purchased by a wish , I gladly share with you the dangers and honours necessary to success . I am well aware that the moment of any great change , such as that ...
... cause of France is the cause of all mankind , and that liberty cannot be purchased by a wish , I gladly share with you the dangers and honours necessary to success . I am well aware that the moment of any great change , such as that ...
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... cause Franco - English relations to deter- ioriate still further , leading to a complete break or even open conflict , and the very least of these possibilities will be of considerable benefit to the Axis powers . There was a deal of ...
... cause Franco - English relations to deter- ioriate still further , leading to a complete break or even open conflict , and the very least of these possibilities will be of considerable benefit to the Axis powers . There was a deal of ...
Contenido
The Growth of Nationalism in the Middle Ages | 1 |
The Religious and Cultural Divide in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | 34 |
Cosmopolitanism and Xenophobia in the Eighteenth Century | 67 |
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