[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p6ch3z4:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":12,"zoom":15},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"covers":9},"p6","The Hundred Years' War","La Guerra de los Cien Años","1328 → 1461",[10],{"filename":11,"url":11},"COMTE_Pierre-Charles_Sacre_de_Charles_VII_Huile_sur_toile.jpg",{"id":13,"title":14},"p6ch3","Charles V the Wise: Reconquest, State, and the Western Schism (1364–1380)",{"id":16,"title":17,"chapterId":13,"html":18,"hasEn":19,"isFallback":20,"seoDescription":21},"p6ch3z4","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",1782343318411]