Battle of Sluys. 1340 239

10. Attacks on the West of France. 1341--1345 240

11. The Campaign of Crecy. 1346 240

12. The Tactics of Crecy. 1346 241

13. The Battle of Crecy. August 26, 1346 242

14. Battle of Nevill's Cross, and the Siege of
Calais. 1346--1347 242

15. Constitutional Progress. 1337--1347 243

16. Edward's Triumph. 1347 246

17. The Black Death. 1348 248

18. The Statute of Labourers. 1351 248

19. The Statute of Treasons. 1352 250

20. The Black Prince in the South of France. 1355 251

21. The Battle of Poitiers. 1356 251

22. The Courtesy of the Black Prince 252

23. Misery of France. 1356--1359 252

24. Edward's Last Invasion. 1359--1360 252

25. The Treaty of Bretigni. 1360 253

CHAPTER XVI.

REIGN OF EDWARD III. AFTER THE TREATY OF BRETIGNI.

1360--1377.

1. The First Years of Peace. 1360--1364 254

2. The Spanish Troubles. 1364--1368 254

3. The Taxation of Aquitaine. 1368--1369 256

4. The Renewed War. 1369--1375 256

5. Anti-Papal Legislation. 1351--1366 257

6. Predominance of the English Language 258

7. Piers the Plowman. 1362 258

8. The Anti-Clerical Party. 1371 259

9. The Duke of Lancaster. 1374--1376 260

10. John Wycliffe. 1366--1376 261

11. Lancaster and the Black Prince. 1376 261

12. The Good Parliament. 1376 262

13. The Last Year of Edward III. 1376--1377 262

14. Ireland from the Reign of John to that of
Edward II. 264

15. The Statute of Kilkenny. 1367 265

16. Weakness of the English Colony. 1367--1377 265

CHAPTER XVII.

RICHARD II. AND THE SOCI