After the first showdown with the League of Gien, John the Fearless managed to maintain his grip on power. But the Armagnacs are regrouping and the war is about to escalate as both parties court support from the King of England.
Time Period Covered: 1410 – 1412
Notable People: John the Fearless, John Duke of Berry, Charles Duke of Orleans, John V Duke of Brittany, Charles d’Albret Constable of France, Bernard VII Count of Armagnac, Louis II Duke of Anjou, Charles III King of Navarre, Queen Isabeau, Waleran of Luxembourg Count of Saint-Pol, Henry IV of England, Henry V of England
Notable Events/Developments: Burgundian Armagnac Civil War, First Armagnac Campaign into Picardy, War for Tonnerre, 1412 Siege of Bourges
Left – Key locations in the North of France during the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War. Right – Bernard VII Count of Armagnac. Armagnac ended up giving his name to the Orleanist faction after he married his daughter to Charles of Orleans.
Sources
John the Fearless by Richard Vaughan
The Hundred Years War: Cursed Kings by Jonathan Sumption
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Royal Intrigue Crisis at the Court of Charles VI 1392-1420 by R.C. Famiglietti
The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy by Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries
Late Medieval France by Graeme Small
John the Fearless’ Way of War by Kelly DeVries
The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette
The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria by Tracy Adams
Wise and Foolish Kings by Anne Denieul-Cormier
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
Medieval Flanders by David Nicholas
Grand Dukes of the West 