Tombe van Edward “de Zwarte Prins” (1330-1376), prins van Wales, zoon van koning Edward III van Engeland in de Kathedraal van Canterbury. Hij versloeg de Fransen bij Poiters op 19 sept. 1356. De Franse koning Jan II werd daarbij gevangen genomen. “It had been a battle totally unlike all the other English victories of the last twenty-three years. It had not been won by archers arranged on the flanks of the army, although the archers had played their part. It had not been won by men-at-arms holding their ground for hours. It had been won by courage, determination and a clear chain of command, keeping the army under control and using its force efficiently in the face of terrifying danger and near-disaster. It was, to use the duke of Wellington’s expression [regarding the battle of Waterloo], a ‘damned near-run thing’. … The news would rock the French pope at Avignon. It would astound all of Europe. … The kings of both France and Scotland were his [King Edward’s] prisoners. For the first time in its history, England was more than just the southern part of an island off the northern coast of Europe. It was the dominant military nation in Christendom.” (I. Mortimer, The Perfect King. The Life of Edward III, [Londen 2008], p. 325-326)