[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch18z12: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},"p5ch18","Charles VI: Minority, Madness, and Civil War (1380–1422)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch18z12","1407: The Assassination of Louis of Orléans and the Start of Civil War","\u003Cp>After 1392, the king’s intermittent incapacity made the council unstable. Two poles opposed each other: the party of \u003Cstrong>Louis of Orléans\u003C/strong> (the king’s brother) and that of the Dukes of Burgundy. Their rivalry concerned power, but above all access to \u003Cstrong>fiscal resources\u003C/strong> and offices.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👥 A Monarchy without a Constant Arbitrator\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>When Charles VI was in crisis, royal arbitration disappeared. Decisions were made by force of circumstance, and state policy became the stake of a court competition that spread throughout the kingdom.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ 23 November 1407: Political Murder\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>23 November 1407\u003C/strong>, \u003Cstrong>John the Fearless\u003C/strong>, Duke of Burgundy, had \u003Cstrong>Louis of Orléans\u003C/strong> assassinated. The shock was immense: it was a murder within the royal family itself, transforming a rivalry into a lasting conflict.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>This assassination opened a civil war between the \u003Cstrong>Armagnacs\u003C/strong> (around the allies of Orléans) and the \u003Cstrong>Burgundians\u003C/strong> (around the Duchy of Burgundy), fracturing the kingdom and offering its external enemies an opportunity to return.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>The king’s madness made government vulnerable to factions.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>1407 was a tipping point: politics became civil war.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After 1392, the king’s intermittent incapacity made the council unstable. Two poles opposed each other: the party of Louis of Orléans (the king’s brother) and",1777502646311]