We conclude that William of Poitiers is our primary source of information, that he is followed by several valuable early works in William of Jumièges, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and the Bayeux Tapestry. Some highlights: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in Modern English, a section-by-section color rendering of the Bayeux Tapestry, accounts of the Battle of Agincourt, and the Magna Carta Our later twelfth-century sources like Orderic Vitalis, Henry of Huntingdon and William of Malmesbury, draw on earlier accounts, most notably, William of Poitiers, while inserting new material reflecting their own ideas. The defeat of the Saracen invaders of Frankish lands at Tours (more properly Poitiers) in 732 A.D. was a turning point in history.


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All the other sources, to some extent, depend upon these early versions. At the beginning of the battle, the English simulated flight on their left wing. There are numerous other sources, but we must call a halt. At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe. As the Muslims continued to conquer all of the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and Spain, they seemed to be unstoppable and most societies fled or surrendered to them on … Charles Martel (718-748)from “Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum” (1553) On October 25, 732 AD, the Battle of Tours and Poitiers between the united Frankish and Burgundian forces under Austrasian Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel, against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Governor-General of al-Andalus, ended the Islamic expansion era in Europe. The wide range of primary sources featured in this book trace the development of medieval civilization from the era of the Roman Emperor Diocletian to the late fourteenth century.

The Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356 CE was the second great battle of the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453 CE) after Crécy (1346 CE) and, once again, it was the English who won. Primary Sources (1) William of Poitiers, The History of William the Conqueror (c. 1073) Edward, king of the English, who had already established William as his heir and whom he loved as a brother or a son. N.p., Apr. CHAPTER CXLIII - THE KING OF FRANCE COLLECTS A GREAT BODY OF MEN-AT-ARMS FROM ALL PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM TO OPPOSE THE ENGLISH.

The Battle of Pozières left many primary sources which have gave many new insights into what occurred during the battle including aspects of life, personal opinions of other soldiers and specific events in battle. We are in the process of re-doing the website after the malware attack, but the old pages from 2011 are available via the WayBack Machine at archive.org: HERE. The Battle of Crécy (occasionally written in English as the "Battle of Cressy") took place on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France.