. The name posterity has bestowed on the series of Anglo-French conflicts that occurred between 1337 and 1453. Two major issues were at stake: the claim of English kings to be rightful kings of France and the irritations arising from the fact that the...

. A village in the Beauce, Brétigny (Eure-et-Loire) was the site of an important treaty between England and France. Concluded on May 8, 1360, it ended the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War. Having captured John II in 1356, Edward III had...

(1337–1360)Cadsand – English Channel – Sluys – Saint-Omer – Auberoche – Caen – Blanchetaque – Crécy – Calais – Neville's Cross – Les Espagnols sur Mer – Poitiers...

The signing of the PLO-Israeli accord and their mutual recognition not only represent a historic watershed, they also signify the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict, which began in the early part of the 20th century. By tackling the core of the dispute, this settlement...

A century of measurement: an illustrated history of the National Physical Laboratory Eileen Magnello Bath: Canopus Publishing, 2000 Ppiv+223 [pound]14.95, ISBN 0 953 78681 1 'Hunting is to be banned' -- don't believe it. Over the past two centuries,...

A rib bone supposedly found at the site where French heroine Joan of Arc was burned at the stake is actually that of an Egyptian mummy, according to researchers who used high-tech science to expose the fake.The bone, a piece of cloth and a cat...

A rib bone and a piece of cloth supposedly recovered after Joan of Arc was burned at the stake are probably not hers, according to experts trying to unravel one of the mysteries surrounding the 15th century French heroine.Eighteen experts began a series of tests...

A basic overview of the Hundred Years War. All major battles are listed and described.