[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch9z11-1259-treaty-of-paris-capetian-peace-and-henry-iiis-homage:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","Plena Edad Media","High Middle Ages","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},"p5ch9","Louis IX (Saint Louis): Regency, Royal Justice and Crusades (1226–1270)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch9z11","1259: Treaty of Paris, Capetian Peace and Henry III's Homage","\u003Cp>After the clash of 1242, the Capetian-Plantagenet relationship evolved toward a framework where the king of England explicitly recognised the limits of his continental claims.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>📜 Four Decades of Unresolved Tensions\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Between 1204 and 1259, the situation remained unresolved: England had lost Normandy and Anjou but still held \u003Cstrong>Aquitaine\u003C/strong>, and neither side had legally accepted the new balance. There were localised conflicts (Poitou, Saintonge), shifting alliances with princes, and a permanent zone of contestation.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🤝 The Negotiations (from 1257 to 1259)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>From around \u003Cstrong>1257\u003C/strong>, negotiations intensified. The two parties exchanged ambassadors and projects. Louis IX’s position was characterised by his advisers as excessive generosity, but for the king, lasting peace was worth territorial concessions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The final text provided:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Henry III renounced claims to \u003Cstrong>Normandy, Maine, Anjou, Touraine and Poitou\u003C/strong>;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>England retained \u003Cstrong>Gascony and Périgord\u003C/strong> in exchange for homage;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Louis IX transferred claims to certain southern counties (Limoges, Cahors, Périgueux).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 A Peace that Some Considered an Error\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Contemporaries noted that the king was giving up “what was his by right of conquest”. Louis IX’s response: what is won by force always creates an heir who will seek to reclaim it; a peace truly accepted cuts the cycle of vengeance.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1259 drew a legal border closed the Plantagenet cycle opened in the twelfth century.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The homage of Henry III was a gain: it recognised the Capetian king’s suzerainty.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The peace was criticised but proved durable.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After the clash of 1242, the Capetian-Plantagenet relationship evolved toward a framework where the king of England explicitly recognised the limits of his",1777502695195]