[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p6ch1z3-1337-diplomatic-rupture-and-the-beginning-of-war:es":3},{"period":4,"chapter":12,"zoom":15},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":7,"titleEs":6,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"covers":9},"p6","La Guerra de los Cien Años","The Hundred Years' War","1328 → 1461",[10],{"filename":11,"url":11},"COMTE_Pierre-Charles_Sacre_de_Charles_VII_Huile_sur_toile.jpg",{"id":13,"title":14},"p6ch1","Philip VI of Valois: A New Dynasty, A War Begins (1328–1350)",{"id":16,"title":17,"chapterId":13,"html":18,"hasEn":19,"isFallback":20,"seoDescription":21},"p6ch1z3","1337: Diplomatic Rupture and the Beginning of War","\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>1337\u003C/strong>, Franco-English rivalry crosses a threshold: what was a feudal and diplomatic tension becomes an open war. Grievances accumulate around Guyenne, alliances, and legitimacy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏰 Sovereignty Against Vassalage\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>For the French monarchy, England is a vassal in France. For England, homage is a humiliating constraint between sovereigns. The rupture of 1337 marks the failure of this coexistence.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ May 24, 1337: Seizure of Guyenne\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>May 24, 1337\u003C/strong>, Edward III, having refused to obey a summons, is condemned to \u003Cstrong>seizure of his dukedom\u003C/strong>. The Pope \u003Cstrong>Benedict XII\u003C/strong> obtains a reprieve: Philip VI promises not to immediately occupy the dukedom, leaving a brief space for mediation.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>📜 All Saints 1337: The Defiance of Lincoln\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>At \u003Cstrong>All Saints 1337\u003C/strong>, the Bishop of Lincoln, \u003Cstrong>Henry Burghersh\u003C/strong>, arrives bearing a message addressed to “\u003Cstrong>Philip of Valois, who claims to be King of France\u003C/strong>.” This is an explicit rupture of homage and a declaration of war: the dynastic polemic is assumed and transformed into a political defiance.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌍 A War of Coalitions and Economy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The Hundred Years’ War is not merely Franco-English: it mobilizes allies, merchant towns, principalities, and economic interests. Even before the declaration, Edward III prepares the ground through a commercial and financial policy (wool, cloth, privileges) that seeks to swing the northern towns and imperial princes into his camp.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>May 24, 1337: seizure of Guyenne, signal of rupture.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>All Saints 1337: Burghersh’s defiance, assumed declaration.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>War combines diplomacy, economy, sieges, and battles.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"In 1337 , Franco-English rivalry crosses a threshold: what was a feudal and diplomatic tension becomes an open war. Grievances accumulate around Guyenne,",1782343350797]