The Hundred Years War: Historiography and Hindsight

Dr Helen Castor explains how our perception of the Hundred Years war has become bound up with centuries of history and national pride. In this short clip she explains the importance of shedding these preconceptions for a truer understanding of the past.

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Dr Helen Castor

Dr Castor is a Historian of Medieval England and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. 

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