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Formal End of the Anglo-French Hundred Years' War
After the French victory at the Battle of Castillon in 1453, the English lost their last stronghold in France at Bordeaux;…
Timeline
- 1453Castillon-la-Bataille · GirondeUnder the command of Jean Bureau, the French army routed the English with artillery positions; the Earl of Talbot was killed, and the English lost their last field combat capability in southwestern France.
- 1453Bordeaux · Nouvelle-AquitaineThe city of Bordeaux surrendered to the French army, and England lost its last important stronghold on the French mainland; apart from Calais, the Hundred Years' War formally concluded on the territorial level.
Sources
- Hundred Years War — Anne Curry (1993)
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England — Nigel Saul (2000)