In mid-1435 delegates from England, France, and Burgundy converged on Arras to discuss ending the Hundred Years War.
Time Period Covered: 1435
Notable People: Philip the Good, Cardinal Niccolo Albergati, Charles I Duke of Bourbon, Cardinal Hugh de Lusignan, Cardinal Henry Beaufort
Notable Events/Developments: The Congress of Arras, The Treaty of Arras, Death of John Duke of Bedford
A portion of text from the Treaty of Arras (left) and the seals of the signatories the Treaty (right). These images come from an exposition at the Cluny museum.
Sources
The Congress of Arras 1435: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy by Joycelyne Gledhill Dickinson
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
A Companion to the Council of Basel ed. by Michiel Devaluwe, Thomaz M. Izbicki and Gerald Christianson
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France by Juliet Barker
Grand Dukes of the West 