Truce of Picquigny
1475
Edward IV invaded France in a last Yorkist attempt to reassert ancient claims, met Louis XI on a bridge at Picquigny, and accepted a pension of fifty thousand crowns a year to go home. The French king joked that he had driven the English out more cheaply than his ancestors had. English continental ambition was bought off.
In context
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1474: Battle of Drazenci
- After: March 2, 1476: Battle of Grandson
Before and after in Politics
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.