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The Leopard and the Lily's podcast

Feb 24, 2019

In this episode, England sends more men to Brittany, de Blois tries to prevent them, and that friggin' guy, Robert of Artois, eats a crossbow bolt.

Map of Brittany.

Here is the reference to the bit I read at the end (translation is mine): Druon, Maurice, Les rois maudits VI: Le lis et le lion, 1970, Le Livre de Poche,...


Feb 10, 2019

In this episode, Pope Benedict XII dies and is succeeded by King Philip's buddy, Pierre Roger, or Clement VI. Charles de Blois presses into Brittany, and the Earl of Northampton arrives to save the Montfortist party.