Michael Jones

Sadly, yes.

We've got a decline of King for one reason and a decline of his son also.

Totally.

And that's waning.

Well, Limoges is a city that has been loyal to the prince.

And then Jean Frassin, our great source for the 14th century phase of the Hundred Years' War, goes to town.

And Frassin's agenda is that he's met the prince.

And we should add at this point that he's also met the prince's very beautiful wife, Joan of Cantor.

The prince marries for love.

And so by 1360, he's not only a war hero, but he's then seeing the beautiful Joan, formerly married the following year.

And they're a power couple.

They have a magnificent court.

But Frossard starts building up this picture then as a fallen hero that the prince gets corrupted by.

his own incredible reputation.

And Limoges is where Frossop starts really nailing this in.

So according to Frossop, the prince is waning in strength and furious that this town has defected, so decides to make an example of them.

And there's a short siege and then a massacre of several thousand men.

innocent French civilians is a terrible example.

And if we buy that as true, it is very much a flaw.

I mean, you can justify it.