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The Leopard and the Lily's podcast

Feb 23, 2020

In this episode, the King of France repudiates the truce, and sends 2 armies to prevent the English from controlling the Atlantic Coast; the Earl of Lancaster heads to Gascony to draw French resources south and force a truce; and King Edward gets a Christmas gift.

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Feb 9, 2020

The Truce of Calais is still in place, but occupying Calais, Brittany and Gascony is becoming extremely costly for King Edward. Meanwhile, the War of Breton Succession devolves into a chaotic mess of raids and extortion, and fighting continues in Gascony - and all of this fighting is completely out of both King's control.


Feb 4, 2020

In this episode, we look at how medieval scholars dealt with the Great Mortality, and then at the economic upheaval left in the wake of the plague.