Deux chefs de guerre au Moyen-Age
[Two Medieval Warlords]

Jean de Vienne, admiral of France, and Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable, were as different as two major warlords can be, although they sometimes fought together during the Hundred Years War. However, while Bertrand du Guesclin, achieved a reputation as a great general, which still lingers in the French imagination, the admiral Jean de Vienne is virtually unknown.

And yet, du Guesclin would probably not have been able to achieve his glorious success against the English if Jean de Vienne had not won the supremacy over the English Channel. The author of this double biography asks the question whether it is legitimate to ignore the admiral who was the first to organize a real fleet of war for the kingdom of France?

History ended up glorifying Bertrand du Guesclin and ignoring Jean de Vienne. Now is the time to restore the memory of jean de Vienne who should be considered as the first founder of what became the Royal and our Navy.

Deux chefs de guerre au Moyen-Age
By Jacques D. de Certaines
Hardback: 224 pages
Publisher : APOGEE 2013
Language : Français
ISBN-10: 2843984289
ISBN-13: 978-2843984280
€ 17.10