The Long Shadow of English Gascony For over three centuries, the Duchy of Aquitaine had been a persistent thorn in […]
The Last Stand at Cherbourg In the summer of 1450, the fortified port of Cherbourg became the final English stronghold […]
The Last Stand of Edmund Beaufort In the autumn of 1449, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and England’s beleaguered lieutenant […]
The Brewing Conflict: Rising Tensions Between England and France By early 1449, the fragile truce between England and France was […]
The Precarious State of English Normandy By the late 1440s, England’s once-formidable hold over Normandy had deteriorated into a fragile […]
A Marriage of Convenience and Unfulfilled Promises The year 1445 began with cautious optimism in Anglo-French relations. The Truce of […]
The Tumultuous Backdrop of 15th-Century Europe The year 1444 marked a critical juncture in European geopolitics. France, emerging from the […]
The Siege of Le Plessis-le-Comte and England’s Crumbling Normandy The ten-month siege of Le Plessis-le-Comte marked a turning point in […]
The Strategic Importance of Pontoise In the summer of 1441, the fortified town of Pontoise became the focal point of […]
The Fractured Kingdom: Origins of the Praguerie Revolt In the turbulent year of 1440, France found itself embroiled in a […]
A Kingdom in Crisis: The Roots of Discontent The winter of 1439-1440 found France exhausted after decades of war with […]
The Perfect Storm: Origins of the 1438 Crisis The year 1438 found France trapped in a devastating cycle of conflict […]
The Stalemate at Arras and the Siege of Saint-Denis While English, French, and Burgundian diplomats engaged in fruitless peace talks […]
The year 1435 marked a pivotal moment in the long and bloody conflict between England and France. The Treaty of […]
The Fragile Balance of Power The early 1430s marked a critical juncture in the Hundred Years’ War, as the English, […]
The Rise and Fall of Louis of Orange In the turbulent 15th century, as France struggled to reclaim its territories […]
The Strategic Landscape of Northern France in 1429 The summer and autumn of 1429 marked a dramatic shift in the […]
The Failed Assault on Paris: A Turning Point in the Hundred Years’ War In September 1429, the tide of the […]
The Desperate State of France in the Early 15th Century By 1429, France stood on the brink of collapse. The […]
The Precarious State of France in the Late 1420s By 1427, France stood at a critical juncture in the prolonged […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Fragmented State of France The early 1420s marked one of the darkest periods in French medieval […]
