The Battle of Formigny

Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston break down the Battle of Formigny, the 1450 engagement that effectively ended English control of Normandy and brought the Hundred Years' War to its close. The episode traces the campaign leading up to the battle — the French reconquest of Normandy, the English defensive posture, and the tactical details of the fight itself, where French artillery and a flanking force destroyed an English army that had initially held its ground. DeVries and Livingston bring genuine academic weight to a battle that rarely gets this level of attention.