Michael Jones found new material about the Limoges massacre for his book MichaelJones/BNPSHe is known to history as the Black Prince. One of England’s greatest military commanders of the Middle Ages allegedly earned his sinister nickname for the cold-blooded massacre of thousands of innocent French civilians. Edward, Prince of Wales, however, has less blood on his hands than his reputation suggests, according to documents discovered in French archives. The tarnishing of his name was begun not long after his death by Jean Froissart, the French chronicler of the Hundred Years War, later assisted by William Shakespeare. In Henry V, Shakespeare confirmed that reputation, referring to “that black name, Edward, Black…

Source: The Times August 09, 2017 23:03 UTC