found a nice site containing a quite good synopsis of the Hundred Years War, and in my HO an excellent review of Military Matters (organization, tactics, philosophy, armament) in the era and region. Same site happens to be some sort of handbook for a RPG-War gaming online game which by the looks of it sounds way cool (Note: its pay-based, but certainly worth the look)

Im verily looking forward to the Academic Demigods which make this place their lair, to peruse such site and pontifice their opinions in corresponding patronizing manner, aware of the posibbility of such entities of harassing and lecturing me on my naivete and grammar/spelling skills (of lack of them).

Said site is: http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/1_Help_C.htm

to see the game info & rules just go to www.hyw.com

yours,
C.

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As for the Hundred years war site, some of us have wargammed so that is not a point for downplaying the information on the site. I perused the site briefly; the time period is not my forté. It seems reasonable to me, at least in their historical outline to have met a synopsis of the time and giving players a historical background for playing said RPG. It is by no means a definitive guide to the time period.

On the other hand, I would do far more research to verify by mulitiple sources to confirm any information contained therein. There is a lot of information on the Internet. Some sites are a veritable goldmine, the vast majority aren't.

In this "lair" we can point out items which we agree with or disagree with, in the end, if it is your area of study then only you can truly evaluate the site and determine if it is a worthy tool. I personally would not use any gaming material as a historical resource as it will be very basic and there are a lot of books on the subject that can do a far better job of detailing politics and day to day life.

Always check your sources.

Cheers,

Jenn

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Actually as far as my original post goes, since the said period isnt my forté too, just wanted to know what other more knowledgeable gals & guys here thought about it, specially the "millitary science" topics. In the meanwhile ill take all i read there as "Interesting but suspect", yet it sure did a hell of a job to entice me to read more about the period & area!!

Adding to the original question what do you guys have to comment about the site's referenced biliography?
to be found here: http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/Some_Use.htm

l8rz,
C.

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Originally posted by Seigneur de Leon:
I was disappointed.

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why so m'lord? What'd you expected?

btw, I had the pleasant surprise of finding Tuchmann's 'A Distant Mirror' in my college's library, mentioned in said site's bibliography. I still have to dig seriously in it, but it shows a lot of promise. It starts discussing the context of the 14th cent. befoe adopting its true style, narrative form, where it goes through Lord de Coucy's entire life. This was quite adequate for me, since it will serve as a handy introduction to the the next book on my "to read" pile: The Froissart Chronicles. Why? Seemingly, de Coucy was Froissart's Patron. ahh....Suddenly summer seems to brief for me to do all the things i'll like to. then again, i think its the same case with life.

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A Distant Mirror, I've read that. It's not a quick read, but extremely valuable for understanding the confusion of loyalties and nationalities, as well as social conditions. Enjoy.

[ 07-06-2001: Message edited by: Seigneur de Leon ]

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