[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch17z4:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch17","Charles V the Wise: Reconquest, State, and the Western Schism (1364–1380)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch17z4","1365: The Treaty of Guerande and Breton Pacification","\u003Cp>Brittany was a dangerous front: ports, English alliances, and chronic warfare made it a strategic priority. For Charles V, stabilizing the west was essential to wider reconquest.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ 1363-1364: Renewed War and Auray\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Since 1341, the houses of \u003Cstrong>Montfort\u003C/strong> and \u003Cstrong>Blois\u003C/strong> had fought for the duchy, with England generally backing Montfort and France backing Blois. In \u003Cstrong>September 1364\u003C/strong>, at \u003Cstrong>Auray\u003C/strong>, Jean IV of Montfort and English captains defeated Charles of Blois’ forces; Charles of Blois was killed and Du Guesclin captured.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ A Practical Settlement\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Cstrong>Treaty of Guerande\u003C/strong> (1365) ended the most acute phase of conflict. It:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>reduced military intensity;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>clarified dynastic succession;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>limited direct English leverage in the duchy.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>The peace was pragmatic: accept broad Breton autonomy while preventing permanent conversion into an English base.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 Fewer Fronts, Greater Strategic Coherence\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>With Brittany partially stabilized, the crown could focus on:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>territories lost after Bretigny;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>internal security against companies;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>methodical warfare.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Jean IV’s homage in \u003Cstrong>1366\u003C/strong> signaled continued French suzerainty without forcing immediate rupture.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚠️ A Fragile Peace\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Even after Guerande, Brittany remained unstable: maritime access and landing points made it a recurrent theater. The compromise unraveled in the early 1370s as English landings resumed.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 To Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Guerande (1365) was imperfect but strategically useful.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Breton stabilization enabled a more coherent royal reconquest.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Brittany was a dangerous front: ports, English alliances, and chronic warfare made it a strategic priority. For Charles V, stabilizing the west was essential",1778543136205]