Folio 41v, Rioters pillaging a house in Paris

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Rioters pillaging a house in Paris

Referenced on p.57, Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds, by Matthew Bennett
The reality of warfare - troops pillaging. Destruction of property and persecution of the civilian population were the main ways of waging war. They undermined an enemy's political authority and could force him to offer battle to restore it.

Back to Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, British Library MS Royal 20 C VII, c.1398

Infantrymen c.1398, in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 1 by Ian Heath, based on the Chroniques de France ou de St Denis British Library MS Royal 20 C VII