A200 Block 1 Unit 2

Question 0

French Rivalries play into English Henry V hands

Answer 0

Armagnacs hate Burgundians, Charles VI illness creates power vacuum

Burgundians - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, take Paris in 1418, Charles VII Dauphin smuggled out and sets up rival government in Poitiers and Bourges

Armagnacs - King’s brother Louis, Duke of Orleans, assassinated by John the Fearless in 1407, revenge sought via Bernard Count of Armagnac hence Armagnacs

Primary source document ‘Journal of a citizen of Paris’ 1405 - 1449, anon cleric, hatred for Bernard, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France 1360-1418 ‘devil in the shape of a man’ supporter of The Dauphine Charles VII

Question 1

England V France

Answer 1

Battle of Agincourt 1415, Henry V heir to France by Treaty of Troyes 1420,

French Charles V defeated, Charles VI - mental illness (the Dauphin - a separate Kingdom) sidetracked for Henry VI, Charles VII refuses, Joan of Arc, eventual defeat if England 1453, last English enclave Calais

English ally Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy his father john the Fearless assassinated at Montereau, 1419

Question 2

The Crucifixion of the Parliament of Paris mid 15C

Answer 2

Supreme Court in Paris much affected in Armagnac-Burgundian dispute when purges takeovers occurred, forum for claims for royal power

1436 Charles VII gains upper hand

Trial of pro English Duke of Alencon 1458, painting new style, perspective, realism, Northern Renaissance, crucifixion and beheading of St Dennis, winged stags symbol of Charles VII

Saintly patrons, Charlemagne, Louis, kingship, king embodies state, a link between God and people, common identity as French people?

Question 3

Troyes to expulsion

Answer 3

Henry VI succeeds at 9 months, (the Dual monarchy of England and France Duke of Bedford becomes Regent in France (Henry V brother)

Death of Duke of Bedford brother in law of Philip the Good, loss of family bond weakens Burgundy ties to England, signs Treaty of Arras 1435 and supports Charles VII

Also, demands for tax by England to pay for wars of defence against Charles VII supporters, failure of Treaty of Troyes to bring peace, plus war, famine, epidemics promoted brigandage and breakdown of support for England e.g. Joan of Arc and the relief of Orleans in 1429 then fell out of favour sold to English and burnt at Rouen in 1431