John of Gaunt and English policy towards France 1389–1395

Bibliographic Data

ID11891991
AuthorsChristopher Phillpotts (corresponding author), Christopher John Phillpotts
Year1990
Volume16
Issue4
Pages363-386
Publication date1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0304-4181(90)90034-x
OpenAlexW2015234906
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

In the years after the truce of 1389, English and French embassies met in a series of conferences to formulate a peace treaty. The chief English diplomat, John of Gaunt, negotiated for his own ambitions in Guyenne rather than for the claims of his nephew, King Richard II. Despite his skill at the conference table, these claims continued to prevent the achievement of a definitive peace. In the duchy of Guyenne, Gaunt failed to establish himself by force or diplomacy, and the truce remained fragile. With his uncle's peace policy in ruins, Richard took control of foreign affairs and agreed a long truce with France in 1396. A reconsideration of the diplomacy of these years casts new light on Anglo-French relations at the central point of the Hundred Years War

Diplomacy · Duchy · Economic history · Foreign policy · Nephew and niece · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Classics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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