The Forgotten Battles n°27 - Brignais 1362 (in French)

Southwest of Lyon, April 1362. Under the leadership of the Constable of France, Jacques de Bourbon, the French army marches on the small town of Brignais, occupied by bands of truckers. These soldiers, idle since the signing of the Treaty of Brétigny two years earlier, roam the roads and sow terror in all the regions of the southern part of the kingdom of France. If the outcome of the fight should see the easy victory of this royal host, this is not the case and as Jean Favier writes in his book The Hundred Years' War, “the French knighthood is being cut to pieces by the professionals. of the war ".
This book not only traces the course of this battle, but also presents its context and its consequences for the Lyon region and the surrounding provinces.