Battle of Poitiers – Fastr Chat

Load older messages

Thursday, August 6

C

CivilianByChoice

poor horses

W

WastingVotesOnVibes

wait what

M

MilkyWayMoment

the king got captured too

A

AnnotatedAnxiety

john ii of france

C

CrayonBreaker

damn

C

CertaintyOfDoubt

so the longbow was OP

O

OolongOfOpinions

so england basically won the war

L

LateToEverythingOn_Time

just by capturing one guy

S

StarChartScribbler

idk if that counts as winning

S

StakeholderOfMyCouchTime

it’s called the battle of poitiers

M

MidnightBrowsing

not the capture of poitiers

O

OracleOfObvious

but still

C

CulturalArbitrager

england got a ton of ransom money

B

BoulderWithBrains

so... kinda winning?

F

FengShuiSkeptic

yeah okay

B

BorderlineWanderer

what’s the ransom though

P

PersephoneOnBreak

like a million gold coins?

M

MetamorphosisMaybe

no idea

E

EmptyCartesianPlane

but it was a lot

E

EaselOfEmotion

so france was broke for decades