In this episode, we explore the routier campaigns in the Auvergne and Champagne regions of France, and try to understand how effective institutions help the French, and how the English are still working out the kinks of being routiers.

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Timeline:

  • November 1358
    • Dury and Scott invade the Aisne Valley
  • December 1358
    • 25 - Dury and Scott capture and ransom the Comte de Roucy and his family
  • March 1359
    • (early) D'aubricourt, Albrecht and Audley take Pont-sur-Seine
    • (end of) Estates of the Languedoc
  • April 1359
    • The routiers are ready to attack Reims (Dury and Scott from the north, d'Aubricourt, Albrecht and Audley from the south)
  • May 1359
    • 24 - Estates of Auvergne
    • Thomas de la Marche sets up his headquarters at Saint-Pourçain
    • (end) Knolles reaches Saint-Pourçain
  • June 1359
    • The lieutenants of Champagne gather an army near Troyes
    • 20 - Calveley near Puy-en-Velay
    • 23 - Battle of Nogent-sur-Seine
  • July 1359
    • Knolles and Calveley massacre Puy-en-Velay
    • 29 - Knolles and Calveley reported 35 miles from Avignon
  • August 1359
    • (early) Calveley cornered near Puy, then manages to escape; Knolles company retreats

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