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S1E5 – The Fragile Grip we Take for Granted

November 18, 2021 By Jen

July 1301 – 1303

Arnald, called to war again May 1301. Another invasion of Scotland. 

William: His uncle Sescaus issues. Navailles? He takes oath as attorney.

Treaty of Paris May 20, 1303, hope for William. Ends with the Treaty of Paris, which ended Anglo-French war conflict. Edward I was faced with military failures in Gascony, Scotland and Flanders and together with internal disputes in England about the costly wars and that the English barons had little motivation for a war on the Continent, Edward I and sought a truce with Philip IV, through mediation via Pope Boniface VIII, which was signed on 9 October 1297. The truce is renewed several times during the negotiations until 1303. The truce arranges the marriages of Edward I and Marguerite of France, sister of Philip IV and between Edward I’s son the prince Edward and Isabella, daughter of Philip IV.[14] The marriage of Edward I and Marguerite occurred in 1299, while the second occurred in 1308. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1303 which returned Aquitaine to Edward I, in exchange for homage, and ended of the Auld alliance between France and Scotland signed eight years earlier in 1295.

Another Scottish invasion 1303. Arnold is losing it. English invasion of Scotland, undertaken by King Edward I of England after the failure of the 1301 invasion, another two-pronged attack along the eastern and western coasts to conquer Scotland.

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