loss in normandy

    Cards (5)

    • 1444 Treaty of Tours, Henry to marry Margaret of Anjou and surrender of Maine
    • Suffolk did not tell gentry about the surrender of Maine
    • 1449 treaty broken, english seized fougeres leading to France’s retaliation > Battle of Rouen, Formigny, Cherbourg
    • loss can be blamed on Somerset’s incompetence as lieutenant general of France, Suffolk as he was in control of government at the time of the loss, Henry VI and his inability to rule well
    • the failures of 1449 led to violent outbreaks against those being blamed.
      who were those killed as a result?
      Bishop of Chichester 1450
      Bishop of Salisbury 1450
      Duke of Suffolk 1450
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