Peace of Brétigny

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1365: France of the Treaties, traités de Brétigny et de Guérande . * red territories controlled by Edward III. of England before the Traité de Brétigny * pink in the Traité de Brétigny of France to Edward III. ceded * white territories of the Duchy of Brittany , as an ally of the English * blue territories of the Kingdom of France

The Peace of Brétigny ( French traités de Brétigny et de Guérande ) is a treaty signed on May 8, 1360 between the French King John II and Edward III. from England.

The treaty negotiated in the French village of Brétigny near Chartres (now the hamlet of Sours in the Eure-et-Loir department ) ended the first phase of the Hundred Years War between France and England . On October 24, 1360, the treaty was ratified in Calais and is therefore sometimes referred to as the "Peace of Calais".

background

England defeated the French in September 1356 in the battle of Maupertuis south of Poitiers and captured the French King John II. The French then asked for peace negotiations, which the English accepted.

Contract terms

Johann II should be released against payment of a ransom . The English King Edward III. received Gascony , Limousin , Calais and other areas in the north and west of France, the French side renounced sovereignty over these areas. In return, Edward III waived. on his claim to the French throne.

But since both sides did not confirm their declarations of renunciation, war broke out again in 1369, despite the war weariness of both parties.

literature

  • Alfred H. Burne: The Crecy War: Military History of the Hundred Years War from 1337 to the Peace of Bretigny, 1360. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1955. ISBN 0-8371-8301-4 .
  • John Le Patourel: The treaty of Brétigny, 1360. In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 1960, pp. 19-39.

Web links

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