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Truce of Malestroit
On 19 January 1343, England and France signed a truce at Malestroit in Brittany, temporarily halting large-scale land and sea operations in the Hundr…
Timeline
- 1342Northern France and Brittany · FranceAfter battles such as Morlaix, both sides were exhausted; Philip VI of France and Edward III of England both faced financial and supply pressures, and each camp began seeking a diplomatic armistice.
- 1343Malestroit · BrittanyThe two sides signed a truce at the Breton town of Malestroit: freezing their respective occupied zones, releasing important prisoners, restoring some trade routes, and agreeing to continue peace talks under papal mediation.
- 1343–1345Gascony and northern France · FranceSmall-scale clashes still occurred during the truce; in 1345 Edward III formally restarted the war on the grounds that France had violated the treaty, and the Hundred Years' War entered a new round of large-scale campaigning.
Sources
- Truce of Malestroit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truce_of_Malestroit
- The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle — Jonathan Sumption (1990)