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The Pale of Calais [1] was a territory in northern France ruled by the monarchs of England from 1347 to 1558. [2] The area, which was taken following the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and the subsequent siege of Calais, was confirmed at the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360. It became an important economic centre for England in Europe's textile trade ...
Calais possesses direct rail links to Paris, 148 miles (238 km) to the south. More than 10 million people visit Calais annually. From medieval times, English companies thrived in Calais. Calais was a particularly important centre in the production and trade of wool and cloth, which outweighed the costs of maintaining the town as part of England.
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Gold quarter noble of Edward III minted in Calais between 1361 and 1369. The Pale of Calais remained part of England until unexpectedly lost by Mary I to France in 1558. After secret preparations, 30,000 French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, took the city, which quickly capitulated under the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559). In ...
The Calais Garrison. War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2008. 217 pp. $95.00. ISBN-13: 9781843833987. David Grummitt has filled an enormous gap in our understanding of how English armed force was configured (and thus strategy formulated) by remedying the marginalization of the Calais garrison.
With the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, Guînes, Marck and Calais, jointly known as "Pale of Calais", was unofficially allotted to the English rule. In 1363 it became an important port and in 1372 became a constituency of the Parliament of England. But it did keep its bonding with France as it still was a part of the diocese of Therouanne.
The Pale of Calais was a territory ruled by the monarchs of England for more than two hundred years in Northern France. The area, which was taken following the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and the subsequent siege of Calais, was confirmed at the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360. It became an important economic centre for England in Europe’s textile trade centred in Flanders.
