When Philip the Good signed the Treaty of Arras, he hoped that he would be able to put all the years of war and strife behind him. However, the ill will built up over the years of Anglo-Burgundian alliance would be hard to surmount and the Duke of Burgundy is now on the lookout for allies at the French Court.
Thank you to Emmanuel Dubois from the La Fayette, We Are Here! Podcast for reading one of Charles of Orleans poems.
Time Period Covered: 1436-1440
Notable People: Philip the Good, Isabella of Portugal Duchess of Burgundy, Charles VII of France, Charles Duke of Orleans, John of Luxembourg Count of Ligny, Louis of Luxembourg Count of Saint-Pol, Hugh de Lannoy, Cardinal Henry Beaufort
Notable Events/Developments: Anglo-French Negotiations at Calais (1439), Rise of the Ecocheurs, Return of Charles of Orleans to France, Death of John of Luxembourg, Intercursus of 1439
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
Isabel of Burgundy by Aline S. Taylor
Charles of Orleans Prince and Poet by Enid McLeod
Charles VII by Malcolm Vale
The Anglo-French Negotiations 1439 by Christopher Allmand
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
Medieval Flanders by David Nicholas
Grand Dukes of the West 