Treaty of Brétigny pauses the Hundred Years' War
May 1360
Edward III renounced his French throne claim in exchange for sovereign possession of Aquitaine and a vast ransom for King John. The treaty was signed in a small village south of Chartres after exhausting negotiations. Within a decade French diplomacy and military reform under Charles V would unwind nearly all its concessions and resume the war on better terms.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.