New research traces roots of 'prisoners of war'
1/17/2018 08:00:00 PM
Research by a historian at the University of Southampton shows the term 'prisoner of war' was first used in the 14th century, around three centuries earlier than previously thought.
New research traces roots of 'prisoners of war'
Dr. Rémy Ambuhl has found the very first mention of the phrase was in 1357 in Anglo-Norman, a form of French used in English courts of the time. It appears in a document naming the Count de Ventadour as a 'prisonnier de guerre' (prisoner of war) after being captured the previous year at the Battle of Poitiers, in western France, during the Hundred Years War.
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