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Interim Truce of the Hundred Years' War
Around 1411, England and France maintained and adjusted interim truce arrangements amid the long stalemate of the Hundred Years' War;…
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- 1411Northern French border regions · Pas-de-CalaisSince the 1409 Treaty of Chartres, England and France had largely maintained a truce; England held strongholds such as Calais, while the French crown, amid Charles VI's mental illness, struggled to unify its foreign military policy.
- 1411Paris · Île-de-FranceThe Armagnac and Burgundian factions fought fiercely in Paris and its surroundings, and the divided crown made a nationwide truce difficult to enforce. The Burgundians, to counter the Dauphin Louis's forces, began seeking English military support.
- 1411England · EnglandBurgundy and England concluded an alliance, with England pledging military assistance to Burgundy. Though nominally still within the Anglo-French truce period, this substantially undermined the truce's credibility and foreshadowed a new round of large-scale conflict in the Hundred Years' War.
Sources
- Hundred Years' War https://www.britannica.com/event/Hundred-Years-War
- Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagnac%E2%80%93Burgundian_Civil_War