{"id":29873,"date":"2021-12-24T08:02:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?p=29873"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:00:11","slug":"anglo-french-truce-1419","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/anglo-french-truce-1419\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglo-French Truce, 24th December 1419"},"content":{"rendered":"

By late 1419 the military, political, and diplomatic scenario in France weighed heavily in favour of King Henry V of England. The conquest of Normandy was all but complete, and forces loyal to the French king were weakened by divisions within the French court. Those divisions had widened following the assassination of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy. By Christmas of 1419, the decision was made by the Queen, duke of Burgundy, and other senior nobles at the official French court, to agree terms with England.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To enable talks over those terms, Philip duke of Burgundy utilised powers that had nominally been granted to him by King Charles VI to agree a truce between the French and English armies. In a sign of things to come, that truce excluded forces of the Armagnac faction, who were fighting in the name of the Dauphin.<\/p>\n

In reality the decision was made by the Queen and the duke of Burgundy. Kinch Charles VI was unstable and his government was controlled by his wife and the duke of Burgundy. The latter took the view that siding with the English was the best chance he had of gaining revenge for the assassination of his father. For the Queen, terms with the English would provide herself and the king with security, whilst also offering the prospect of Paris being less volatile under the rule of the powerful Burgundian faction and the English.<\/p>\n

The truce was a precursor to the Treaty of Tours signed the following year.<\/p>\n

Links<\/h2>\n

Britannica<\/a> – Charles VII of France<\/p>\n

Image Credit<\/h2>\n

Frontispiece of the Chroniques de Hainaut<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>Depicted people: Jean Wauquelin, Philippe le Bon, Charles le T\u00e9m\u00e9raire, Nicolas Rolin and Jean Chevrot. A\u00a0Rogier van der Weyden<\/a>\u00a0miniature 1447\u201348. Philip dresses his best, in an extravagant\u00a0chaperon<\/a>, to be presented with a History of Hainault by the author,\u00a0Jean Wauquelin<\/a>, flanked by his son\u00a0Charles<\/a>\u00a0and his chancellor\u00a0Nicolas Rolin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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