A.H. Burne

The Battle of Agincourt, October 25, 1415

A.H. Burne analyses the key factors that led to what would be a major victory in the Hundred Years' War.

Generalship in the First Civil War 1642-1644

A.H. Burne assesses the achievements of the leading generals of the first English Civil War.

Painting depicting the Battle of Castillon (1453) by the French painter Charles-Philippe Larivière (1798–1876). (Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles). John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury is falling from his wounded horse.

The Battle of Castillon, 1453: The end of the Hundred Years War

A.H. Burne describes how, 500 years ago at the Battle of Castillon, where the Great Talbot lost his life, the English crown forfeited its 300-year-old dominion over Aquitaine.