Edward III


Read by Pamela Nagami

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Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times is the great Continental war...He was a genuine Englishman in his rough and ready, and often incoherent policy; in his contempt for foreigners and his audacious confidence in himself and his countrymen; in his love of manly exertion; his personal pride and popular sympathies, and his freedom from lasting enmity and vindictiveness...It is in vain for cold reason to contend against the spell of the names of Creci and Poitiers; they will forever stir the English heart like the blast of a trumpet or the rustle of a consecrated banner; but these battles are not, after all, the true titles of the age to honour. Searching deeper down we shall find, and thankfully admit, that the century was one not of conquest, but of transition, development, emancipation, and characterised by a silent and gradual contraction of the area of privilege, and a corresponding enlargement of the area of liberty." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

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Introduction 10:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, 1327-1337, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 1 14:29 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 2 12:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 3 11:07 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 1 14:25 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 2 16:19 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 3 10:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 1 11:46 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 2 13:47 Read by Pamela Nagami
First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 3 10:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, A.D. 1337-1347, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 1 14:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 2 9:50 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 3 13:32 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 4 17:37 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 1 16:36 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 2 18:16 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 1 11:21 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 2 15:54 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 3 10:58 Read by Pamela Nagami
Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 4 15:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, A.D. 1347-1357, Ch 1: The Black Death, Pt. 1 13:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 2 17:36 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 3 14:40 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, Ch. 2: From the Occupation of Calais to the Battle of Poitiers 15:56 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 1 15:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 2 15:29 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fourth Decade, A.D. 1357-1367, Ch. 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 1 22:06 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fourth Decade, Ch 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 2 13:28 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 1 11:46 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 2 11:24 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fourth Decade, Ch. 3: Domestic Affairs 17:59 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, A.D. 1367-1377, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt.1 12:56 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 2 16:17 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 3 13:06 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 1 13:26 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 2 9:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Fifth Decade, Ch. 3: From the Death of the Black Prince to the Death of Edward III 22:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Concluding Chapter: Pt. 1 Character of Edward III and of his Reign 16:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Concluding Chapter, Pt. 2: Social Condition of the Period, Domestic Habits, Food and Dress of the People 22:25 Read by Pamela Nagami
Concluding Chapter, Pt. 3: Language and Literature, Vision of Piers Ploughman, The Canterbury Tales 14:09 Read by Pamela Nagami