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Definition of Crecy

1. Noun. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois.

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Literary usage of Crecy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life by Frederic Austin Ogg (1908)
"The Battle of crecy (1346) IN July, 1346, Edward III. landed on the northwest coast of Normandy with a splendid army of English, Irish, and Welsh, ..."

2. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"CHAPTER XX THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR I. FROISSART'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF crecy [Having reached a point near crecy,] the king of England was well informed ..."

3. The History of France by Eyre Evans Crowe (1858)
"CHAP. then proceeded to crecy, feeling somewhat encouraged by being on his own soil of Ponthieu, which county belonged to him by right of his mother. ..."

4. Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1900)
"The Battle of crecy (1346) The Englishmen, who were in three battles lying on ... Although Froissart was but a boy when crecy was fought, yet he must have ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"crecy was er-swingin' dem shells ergin, an' Sam say were er scatterin' ashes ober her head too, an' putty nigh start naked, ..."

6. Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text by Charles William Colby (1899)
"THE BATTLE OF crecy (1346). Froissart, born at Beaumont, near Valenciennes, in 1337, was hardly ten years old when the battle of crecy took place. ..."

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