The Battle That Left 10,000 Bodies to Rot for 3 Weeks (1346)

The Battle That Left 10,000 Bodies to Rot for 3 Weeks (1346) In 1346, the greatest army France ever assembled was destroyed in a single afternoon — and nobody could explain why. This is the story of medieval daily life turned into organized slaughter, where 10,000 bodies rotted in a French field for three weeks while an English king ate roasted pheasant nearby. Understanding medieval daily life means understanding why trained knights kept charging into the same arrow storm fifteen times. From the logistics of medieval daily life on campaign, to the physics of a wet bowstring, to the political collapse that followed — every detail is real, every name is documented. The brutal truth of medieval daily life is that survival had nothing to do with honor and everything to do with preparation. This is what medieval daily life actually looked like when the pageantry was stripped away. Subscribe to A Day in the Dark Ages for new history every week — and drop a comment telling us what surprised you most. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro — The Crow Lands First 02:13 Part 1 — Two Armies, Two Doctrines 05:49Part 2 — The Genoese Disaster 10:13 Part 3 — What 7,000 Longbows Sound Like 14:52 Part 4 — The Dead Who Changed Europe 19:26 Part 5 — Crécy, Plague & The World After 24:00 Outro — What History Does With Failure #medievaldailylife #adayinthedarkages #BattleofCrecy #medievalhistory #hundredyearswar