One 1st September 1359 the Dauphin and Charles II of Navarre rode side by side into Paris as a public showing of their reconciliation. France had been plagued by a bitter rivalry between the Dauphin and…
The Battle of Crécy was the first major victory on land by the English in the Hundred Years War. Fought on 26th August 1346, the battle of Crecy was well recorded by contemporaries. Prelude to…
French forces landed at Milford Haven in support of Owain Glyn Dwr, 7th August 1405 Owain Glyn Dwr held a claim to the title of Prince of Wales that had not been claimed by a…
The Southampton Plot was a conspiracy to depose King Henry V and replace him with Edward Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. The Southampton Plot, 1415 It was the Earl of March himself who revealed the…
Battle of Cravant, 31st July 1423 On 31st July 1423 a Franco-Scottish army met an Anglo-Burgundian force in battle at Cravant, Burgundy. The Dauphinist army was part of a force that had been assembled to…
Oliver Clisson had been one of Charles V’s senior ministers. Upon the accession of Charles VI he and other ministers, later terms the Marmousets by Froissart, saw their roles diminished as the young kings uncles…
In 1339 the French utilised a strategy that had worked incredibly well for them in 1338. They set out to raid English ports and coastal areas. Following the devastation caused by the raids on Portsmouth…
When John II of France died in April 1364, his eldest son, Charles, acceded to the throne. The coronation of Charles V was arranged quickly but stood out for the ceremony, beginning of traditions and…
17th May 1355, King John II proclaimed the ban and arrière-ban. Spring of 1355 was a tense period in France. There was a threat of invasion from England. Charles II of Navarre was making demands. For…
The marriage of the Duke of Bedford and Anne of Burgundy was a diplomatic match that was organised at an important period in relations between England, Burgundy, and France. In 1420, the English had forced…