5/21/2023 0 Comments Sealed with a Kiss by Faith Wood![]() ![]() Both sides and their allies engaged in sieges and pitched battles, and the English notoriously used devastating, lightning fast raids into the French countryside called ‘chevauchées’. The most famous (not to say infamous) and prolonged period of conflict, which rumbled on for much of the 14th and the first half of the 15th centuries, is known to historians (if not mathematicians) as the Hundred Years War.īetween the first eruption in 1337 and the final expulsion of English presence from France (bar Calais) in 1453, English armies campaigned regularly on French soil and the naval power of both countries was harnessed at sea, often bringing terror to coastal communities. The rivalry, frequently enmity, between the crowns of England and France in the Middle Ages has a long history. To mark the anniversary, our Principal Records Specialists in the Medieval team dug into our records to find out what happened in Troyes in 1420, and why the treaty ultimately failed. marks the 600th anniversary of the Treaty of Troyes, a peace treaty which sought to unite the crowns of England and France under one king – Henry V – and his heirs, and end the Hundred Years War. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ratification by Charles, King of France, of the Treaty of Troyes. ![]()
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