As soon as the ink was dry on the Treaty of Arras, the military situation in France was turned on it’s head. The English position is now in free fall, and as they struggle to regain control, their former allies the Burgundians are only adding to their troubles.
Time Period Covered: 1435-1437
Notable People: Philip the Good, Jean de Villiers Lord of l’Isle-Adam, John of Luxembourg, Charles VII of France
Notable Events/Developments: Burgundian Volte-Face, Charles VII gains Paris (1436), Burgundian Siege of Calais (1436)
Left: A Painting by Jean Simone de Berthelemy depicting the Franco-Burgundian retaking of Paris.
Right: A Map depicting the Anglo-Burgundian frontier, including the key English garrisons of Calais and Le Crotoy.
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France by Juliet Barker
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Congress of Arras 1435: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy by Joycelyne Gledhill Dickinson
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England 1436-1558 by David Grummit
Grand Dukes of the West 