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Treaty of Bretigny, 1360: The following century, during the Hundred Year War between England and France, King Edward III of England was set to renew hostilities in 1360 when a series of vicious hailstorms raked the English countryside.
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The Peace of Bretigny (Calais), virtually a truce of mutual exhaustion: Edward practically abandoned his claims to the French crown; Charles yielded southwestern France (Guienne), Calais, Ponthieu, and the territory immediately about them, and promised an enormous ransom for John.
1347 2001
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Peace of Bretigny, ending the first period of the war (See 1360); the war was resumed in 1369.
1347-55 2001
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At length Edward was induced to accede to the terms offered by France, and the peace of Bretigny was concluded (8th May, 1360).
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Then came the treaty of Bretigny, which released King John and terminated the war.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
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After some insincere negotiations, and a fear of desultory warfare, in which Edward III. traversed France without meeting with a single foe to fight, peace was at last agreed to, at Bretigny, in May,
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Treaty of Bretigny, if her dower were Normandy, Maine, Anjou, not without
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The years which followed the peace of Bretigny, until war broke out afresh in 1369, witnessed the re-organisation of many of the trade and craft guilds.
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After the treaty of Bretigny, the kings of England and France proposed a division of the duchy between the two rivals; but, intimidated by his wife, Charles dared not consent; and again, before the battle of
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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He had sold the reversion of his castle to King Edward III., to whom it was confirmed by the treaty of Bretigny.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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