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Edward of Woodstock, The Black Prince, is famous both as a figure of chivalry and for his devastating chevauchée campaigns in France and Spain that targeted, what we would understand as, civilians. How did these things fit together?

by /u/Justin_123456 in /r/AskHistorians

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