France 1346: The military of King Philip VI is Europe’s pre-eminent killing machine. It’s used to crushing any pressure silly sufficient to oppose it, and now totally expects to annihilate a motley band of English invaders on a area close to the village of Crecy.
Besides as night time falls, it’s Philip’s military that lies damaged and bleeding within the mud. What went flawed? The French knights, it appears, had did not replace their company tradition.
Cautionary Tales is written by me, Tim Harford, with Andrew Wright. It’s produced by Ryan Dilley, with assist from Courtney Guarino and Emily Vaughn.
The sound design and unique music is the work of Pascal Wyse. Julia Barton edited the scripts.
Due to the group at Pushkin Industries, together with Mia Lobel, Jacob Weisberg, Heather Fain, Jon Schnaars, Carly Migliori, Eric Sandler, Emily Rostek, Royston Beserve, Maggie Taylor, Nicole Morano, Daniella Lakhan and Maya Koenig.
Additional studying and listening
Thomas Schelling Micromotives and Macrobehavior
Warren Ellis Crecy
Lynn White Jr. Medieval Know-how and Social Change
Andrew Ayton and Philip Preston The Battle of Crecy
Saul David Navy Blunders
Julian Humphrys The Battle of Crecy Historical past Further
Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Value, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng “The Leaders Information to Company Tradition” Harvard Enterprise Evaluate
Marty Baron speech on the Reuters Institute
