[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p6ch2z2-1356-poitiers-the-kings-capture-and-political-disaster: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},"p6ch2","John II the Good: Captivity, Internal Crisis, and the Treaty of Brétigny (1350–1364)",{"id":16,"title":17,"chapterId":13,"html":18,"hasEn":19,"isFallback":20,"seoDescription":21},"p6ch2z2","1356: Poitiers, the King's Capture, and Political Disaster","\u003Cp>The Battle of \u003Cstrong>Poitiers\u003C/strong> (1356) is one of the great disasters of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War. John II is taken prisoner: the event strikes at the heart of the very idea of sovereignty, for the king is not merely a military commander, but the symbolic and legal pivot of the kingdom.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚔️ A Defeat That Disorganizes Power\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The king’s capture triggers an immediate crisis: who decides, who levies taxes, who negotiates? The Dauphin \u003Cstrong>Charles\u003C/strong> must ensure governmental continuity, while princes, cities, and the Estates General seek to influence decisions.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 Military Fragilties Revealed\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Despite reform attempts (ordinances of 1351), the French army remains traversed by feudal logics: rivalries in command, unequal tactical discipline, and difficult coordination between contingents. Faced with a better-organized English army, backed by archers and a defensive posture, these weaknesses weigh heavily.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>🔍 \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"/es/zoom/p6ch2z20\">Zoom – September 19, 1356: Battle of Poitiers (Nouaillé‑Maupertuis)\u003C/a>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💰 Ransom and the Long Term\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Poitiers opens a sequence of negotiations and financial pressures. The king’s ransom becomes a national issue: it weighs on finances and fuels social tensions, while binding internal politics to diplomacy with England.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 To Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>1356: a royal capture transforms a military defeat into a regime crisis.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The Dauphin Charles governs at the heart of a political shock.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"The Battle of Poitiers (1356) is one of the great disasters of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War. John II is taken prisoner: the event strikes at the",1782343353563]