Refrain from chronological presentation of the biography of the Great French Warrior. There is Google and even Wikipedia, in which at least the dates are given exactly.
Before the epic mass of films about Joan, D'Ark, Bretoneton Du Geclen, a simple knight - later Spanish Grand, French Graf Longwill, Normandy's governor and Connyabl (according to a solid French writer, he also has a crown of Grenada - not conquered, still Mauritanian! - Spaniards Offered) rightfully considered the same Savior of the Fatherland as Virgo.
Bretonetonian - the liberator of France
In the circumstances of their lives, there is a lot of similar: if Jeanne raised the people on the struggle in circumstances, when, according to the fashionable song, "Dauphine was only Maine and Bogansi", few people who are famous and not a noble knight another dofin (future Carl Wise) also called on Help in peak circumstances: defeat of France in Poitiers, giving almost the whole country to the British Agreement concluded by his prisoner father of John good, Parisian uprising (during which the prince itself was a prisoner of butchers and very close to death), Jacceria ...
And suddenly, the attention of the dofina attracts some kind of infant knight, before the only "partisan struggle" at the head of a small detachment. Dofin becomes the king, urgently causes this unknown to himself and he immediately wins not very large (the forces of the parties are definitely not known, but the authorities agree that they could not exceed the numbers into one and two thousand fighters), but a very important battle at Kosherle.
The battle eliminated one of the main misfortunes for France - the Ambition of Charles Navarre, not without some rights requested to the throne and constantly intriguing in the style of "one against all". Only this victory allowed Karl V to fully become a ruler. This knight, du Geclenu, is awarded under the command of already larger forces and ... - He immediately suffers defeat, he himself captivated.
It would seem that the populist finale of an attorney raised above his level? Not! Karl V redeems this knight for the incredible nobleman in a hundred thousand livra. And then it will pay and even more, again redeem the hero from the new captivity.
And, according to the result, Du Heclene dismakes for his king where large areas than Jeanne d'Ark for Charles with the seventh ordinal number. ?
What is the mystery?
Where does Konan-Doyle?
In the time of the USSR, those who did not go to historical universities or were not fond of history on their own, for the most part, learned about Du Geclene from the famous Roman Sir Arthur - "White Detach". (In any case, we recommend for reading, although the future is an episodic hero!).
On the pages of Conan-Doyle du Geclin is described as a rustic, scary face, low, but frantic knight in battle. He, together with the heroes of the novel, commander of free shooters "White Detach" Sir Nigel and his squire allery, rubs into pieces of "fucking bastard" - the rebels "Zhakov". He was du Geclen and on the illustration - very well-made (as well as his description in the book by the Englishman Conan-Doyle), which can now be judged, having a posthumous mask in Sklepet and Google.
And the mystery is that the real "bare bastard" and the genuine misfortune for France was precisely the most positive and romantic heroes of Conan Doyle, in many respects and caused Zaccery - which, by the way, Du Geclen did not doubt (and the King of France did not know Dirty business to his opponent, Karl Navarre), and fought for himself "on a little bit" in his Brittany. "Film companies", they are "Briganda", "Rutaers".
Here is the secret of "brilliant lesions" du Gaclena, his departure, and subsequent redemptions for all the large amounts.
"France has two problems ─ intrigues and knights-assholes"
No one said these words, but, as in the promotion about fools and the road, it was so. That's what a picture is happening for that year when Karl Wise urged Du Gaclena:
- John kind threatened the army at Poitier (which was incredibly difficult to do, but he tried with approximate);
- After that, the defeat of the French throne, the knighthood was partially bloodshed, and, partly, chose a more knightly hero, than the future Karl wise, who, scary to think - did not wait for the secretion, but he worked with documents;
- In terms of the conditions of the world, the "good king" John gave the enemy almost all France, his heir had to be wise long and tediously, to conclude a more acceptable "world in Bertiny" (it is more commonly called "truce", but at the time of conclusion, it was a real peaceful contract);
- In England (we read the "White Detach", describes in detail what benefits are!) And other countries will actively recruit shooters, knights and more noble, but poor feudalists to "free detachments" for action on the territory of France;
- The French themselves, appreciating the beauty of the robbery, form numerous and sometimes huge "free detachments" - not at all for the fight against the British (although it happened when it was robbed the same terrain).
So before the young monarch stood two problems:
- Musture yourself from Karl "Evil" Navarre;
- Get rid of all this who lost the human appearance of the crowd of armed killers and robbers (in essence, "OHG", "organized criminal grouping" of that time).
With Karl Evil Breton Knight settled the case at Kosherla. And from both sides, there were not so many "royal" troops, but these are the most organs.
Two biggest defeats du heklen
There were only two of them, but Bitran du Goplen's big battles and did not give!
Battle with OreIn this battle for dominion over Brittany between the "English" challenger from the genus Dre-Montfort and the "French" Carl Blois-Shatilon de Giz participated, a total of eight thousand people. But whose squads were:
- Wolly detachment Hugh Kalverley (mentioned by Conan Doyle - he surrendered to du Geclen);
- free detachment and knights Sir John Chandos;
- Profitęzus "free detachments" - including the famous Roman and the film Michael Khitton "Arrow of Time" of the almost brilliant leader of Arno Arnoviyendi.
What comes out? The French party lost, but the world established in Brittany (which was beneficial to France, and then the knights could answer the king: "Busy in Brittany!"). The number of bandits of "free detachments" decreased. Again the benefit. And here it was necessary to be a genius to understand this and use. Which of them, Karl Wise, formerly younger, or experienced partisan du Geclen understood, alas, unknown. Maybe a beauty-wife du Gaclena, about which rumors went, that she was provincial (and here "hit"?).
Further actions are obvious. Karl redeems du Gaclena - which, however, did not hit the kingdom very much, the money was referred to from Dad - then not Roman, and Avignon and loyal to the French. AND…
Battle at NavarreteBertrand Du Geclen collects almost all the "free detachments" in France and leads them ... to Spain, against the "Pedro cruel" (he also ahead of his time and was the first tolerant king in the world, giving posts and Christians, and Jews, and Masvam). The appearance of Du Gaclena with the future Henry Castilsky was so fast and cruel (bandits) that Pedro gave way to the throne without a fight, darted for help from the British and ...
.. And the glorious English Hero "Black Prince" (Prince Wales) is to help him. At the same time, the Gang of Ruthers and Brigands from France is part of its forces of Ruthers and Brigands from France. In addition, thirty thousand "black prince" twice (!) Superior to their forces du Gaclena and Henry Trastamarian.
The fearlessly waving sword du Geclin is given to: the mission is made. Destroyed or fully bleed - or so remained to rob already Spain ─ "free detachments":
- Felton;
- Naulza;
- Olivier de Clisson (Frenchman fighting for the British);
- An old enemy of the French side of Captal de Boshe ("Gaskonskaya" or "Aquitan" party).
Capture.
Liberator
Only from the second captivity to the British reached that something goes wrong. And the "sample of the knighthood", the black prince, spoiled the image, refusing to produce du Gaclena, even for a huge redemption (the case is unheard of). According to legend, Berranha had to appoint an incredible amount for himself - which was introduced. And he, returning to the continent, immediately soving Pedro cruel. And slowly engaged in the affairs of France.
Moreover, more loud battles (with the number of participants more than a thousand or other fighters) for du Geclin you will not find. Appointing it with the Connainabl, the king put the rigid condition for obeying the simple Breton. Approximately ten years have been freed by the cavity:
- Maine;
- Poita;
- Sention;
- Almost all Aquitaine;
- Remove the Gascon from the English side into French.
France was released, in essence, with the help of the "tactics of small groups", invented and implemented by Du Göclin and his king for five hundred and years before scientists formulate such tactics.
What to read
- History lovers in artistic form, highly recommend the Roman-Trilogy Roma Jesya "Child of All Saints" - the epic covers the entire period of century war and du Geclin becomes the main character of the first volume.
- By connoisseurs of scientific and popularly popular filing - Lectures N. Basovskaya "Karl V and Du Geclen" and its same history of the Central War. There are also in paper and in the electronic version, the lectures of Natalia Ivanovna on YouTube remained.