In the years after the capture of Joan of Arc, the French continued their resurgence while the English struggled to hold on to what they had. As the tables began to turn, the Duke of Burgundy began to worry that he had chosen the wrong side in the Hundred Years War.
Time Period Covered: 1430-1434
Notable People: Philip the Good, Charles VII of France, Henry VI of England, John Duke of Bedford, Arnaud-Guilhem de Barbazan, Antoine de Toulongeon, Charles I Duke of Bourbon
Notable Events/Developments: French Coronation of Henry VI, Deterioration of Anglo-Burgundian relationship, Death of Anne of Burgundy Duchess of Bedford
Left: Anne of Burgundy, the sister of Philip the Good and wife of John of Bedford. Whenever conflicts arose between Burgundy and Bedford, Anne was always able to get the two to see eye to eye. Her death in 1432 was a serious blow to the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance
Right: John of Burgundy, a younger cousin of Philip the Good. John was in his late teens when he began to lead armies on behalf of his cousin. His first campaign in 1432 was a rousing success, but his defeat on the Somme the next year prompted the Duke of Burgundy to open serious peace talks with the French.
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France by Juliet Barker
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Good King: Rene of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe by Margaret L. Kekewich
The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette
Grand Dukes of the West 