This was an obscure conflict, and from a British perspective overshadowed by Edward I's wars in Wales and Scotland. Yet it was an expensive and wide-ranging affair, at one point involving all the major powers of western Europe.
The outcome had severe financial repercussions for England and France, and helped to preserve Scottish independence as well as retain Gascony for the English crown. It also sowed the seeds for the later, much better-known conflict.
The war of Aquitaine (or the Gascon war) was one of the most peculiar conflicts of the Middle Ages. It was not a bloody war; there were no major battles and relatively few skirmishes.
This book fills in a gap for historians of medieval politics and warfare. It will be useful for the studying the reigns of Edward I of England and Philip IV of France.
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