By Dan Jones.

The Essex Dogs continue to play a role in Edward III’s campaign across northern France. Luckily, the Earl of Northampton’s frequently on hand to make sure they have front-row seats for the next suicidal assault on the strongholds of medieval France.

The king decides to go to Calais to get his duty frees and go on les donkey rides sur la ( Read more... )

By Dan Jones.

Loveday Fitztalbot is the leader of the Essex Dogs, a band of mercenaries fighting in northern France during Edward III’s campaign there in the mid 1340s.

They manage to come to the attention of the Earls of Warwick and Northampton through their various exploits in a somewhat contrived attempt to have them playing a role in each of the ( Read more... )

By Dan Jones.

The Plantagenets seemed to veer between extremes, either being extremely good at being medieval kings or extremely bad at it. Edward I beat everyone else up; everyone else beat Edward II up.

The family began as Frenchmen who coincidentally ruled England, but often had more pressing concerns on the Continent or in the Middle East (e.g. ( Read more... )