War and peace in Champagne at the end of the Middle Ages: Around the Treaty of Troyes.
Snoeck| N° d'inventaire | 30793 |
| Format | 17.3 x 24 |
| Détails | 483 p., numerous photographs & color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Ghent, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461618689 |
On 21 May 1420, a treaty was signed in Troyes establishing the dual monarchy of France and England. A central event in the second phase of the Hundred Years' War, the Treaty of Troyes marked both the consecration of Lancastrian military supremacy following the debacle at Agincourt and the climax of the civil war that tore apart the supporters of the Duke of Burgundy and the Dauphin's clan after the assassination of John the Fearless at the bridge of Montereau (1419).
By recognizing Henry V as the legitimate heir to the Kingdom of the Lilies to the detriment of the King of Bourges, the Treaty of Troyes helped to unite the oppositions that would lead, nine years later, to the providential intervention of Joan of Arc and the political advances of Charles VII. The 6th centenary of the Treaty of Troyes and the exhibition organized by the Aube Departmental Council at the Hôtel-Dieu-le-Comte in 2020 provided the scientific community with an opportunity to reflect on the decade 1419-1429, which centered around this largely unknown and yet fundamental episode in French history.
Through some thirty unpublished articles, this book offers a renewed vision of this pivotal period of the Franco-English War, dealing with its political and military aspects, its effects on continental trade and its consequences for the populations.
On 21 May 1420, a treaty was signed in Troyes establishing the dual monarchy of France and England. A central event in the second phase of the Hundred Years' War, the Treaty of Troyes marked both the consecration of Lancastrian military supremacy following the debacle at Agincourt and the climax of the civil war that tore apart the supporters of the Duke of Burgundy and the Dauphin's clan after the assassination of John the Fearless at the bridge of Montereau (1419).
By recognizing Henry V as the legitimate heir to the Kingdom of the Lilies to the detriment of the King of Bourges, the Treaty of Troyes helped to unite the oppositions that would lead, nine years later, to the providential intervention of Joan of Arc and the political advances of Charles VII. The 6th centenary of the Treaty of Troyes and the exhibition organized by the Aube Departmental Council at the Hôtel-Dieu-le-Comte in 2020 provided the scientific community with an opportunity to reflect on the decade 1419-1429, which centered around this largely unknown and yet fundamental episode in French history.
Through some thirty unpublished articles, this book offers a renewed vision of this pivotal period of the Franco-English War, dealing with its political and military aspects, its effects on continental trade and its consequences for the populations.