Chalke Talks for CENTURY: C14th

• 107. MAPS OF WAR: MAPPING CONFLICT THROUGH THE CENTURIES
  ( 2017 )
  Published: 09th Aug 2021

  In this talk, Professor Jeremy Black explains how the development of mapping from the Renaissance onwards provides us with an invaluable guide to the history of warfare. From the impact of printing through to the two World Wars and beyond, this is a fascinating and revealing talk from one of our very finest historians.

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• 109. THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT
  Melvyn Bragg ( 2016 )
  Published: 14th Aug 2021

  In 1381, England erupted in a violent popular uprising. The Peasants’ Revolt was the biggest armed rebellion against Church and State in English history and for a short time, it looked as if all would be swept before them. Broadcaster and author, Lord Bragg vividly portrays this epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently […]

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• 152. THE BLACK PRINCE
  Michael Jones ( 2018 )
  Published: 22nd Nov 2021

  In 1346, at the age of 16, he helped defeat the French at Crécy; ten years later he captured the King of France at Poitiers. Michael Jones illuminates the dramatic story of ‘the Black Prince’, the eldest son and heir of Edward III of England. Using the Prince’s own letters, he paints a memorable portrait […]

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