On 13 March 1363 John II ratified a new Treaty with England. The terms of the Treaty of Bretigny required the French to make regular ransom payments for the release of John II. John’s release in 1360 had…
On 25 February 1408 John the Fearless arrived at St. Denis at the head of an armed force. At a time of high tension, he was met by the Dukes of Berry, Anjou and Brittany, who presented…
Charles VII of France was born on 22nd February 1403. As the eleventh child, and fifth born son of King Charles VI and Queen Isabeau, there was little expectation that the infant Charles would ever…
On 21 February 1358 City Guild members summoned to attend St Eloy church, Paris, fully armed. This was a response to the Dauphin moving forces as tensions mounted over a potential treaty with England. A treaty with…
The Ball of the Burning Men (Bal des Ardents) took place on 29 January 1393. A masquerade ball was held involving men dressed in ‘wild’ costumes coated in pitch and flax. One of these men…
On 30 January 1404 the French proclaimed a ‘taille’ to pay for resuming warfare against England. This took place at a time when King Charles VI was unwell, with French Princes seeing opportunities to take…
10 January 1358 saw a State Funeral for supporters of Charles II of Navarre. They had been executed in 1356 and their bodies left dangling in chains at the high point of Bichorel which overlooked Rouen.…
Charles de la Cerda, known by his contemporaries as Charles of Spain, was a Franco-Castillian noble who rose through the ranks in France to become Constable of France and the Count of Angoulême. Charles was…
French army instructed to array on 8th August 1338 Whereas the English needed to prepare for a campaign for a significant period due to the logistics of a sea crossing, the king of France was…
On 13th April a tripartite agreement had been formalised between England, Burgundy, and Brittany. The Treaty of Amiens was a defensive treaty in which each of the states agreed to aid each other in the…