The End of the Hundred Years War from the Perspective of Angevin Principalities in the France

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01071
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-related
• Research Institution: Akita University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Takeshi 秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 准教授 (30512769)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 百年戦争 / 諸侯 / トゥール休戦協定 / アンジュー公 / シャルル７世 / ルネ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is commonly accepted that the Hundred Years War ended in 1453 without any peace treaty. This research attempted to reconsider the common view from the perspective of the French princes and their provincial interests. The following points became clear about the Truce of Tours (1444). The princes were involved directly in preparations and settings of meetings and in negotiation with English ambassadors. In the text of the Truce, the titles of the princes were written as the parties after their king and his allied foreign kings. The principalities under the English occupation would be protected by the Truce. It is possible to consider that various interests of their principalities influenced the negotiation of peace and truce, and that as a result the conclusion of final peace turn out to be difficult.

Free Research Field

中世フランス史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

1453年における百年戦争の終結に関しては、学術的には、なぜ平和条約が結ばれないまま、英仏間の戦闘が終息したのかに関して未解明な点が多い。これに対して、本研究では主戦場となったフランスの諸侯が有した多様な地方的利害が和平交渉に入り込み、そのことが平和条約の締結を難しくしたとの展望を示した。一般的には、特に高校世界史においては、百年戦争に終止符が打たれた理由として、ジャンヌ＝ダルクの登場やばら戦争など偶発的な出来事が重視されることが多い。これに対して、本研究は百年戦争がいかに終結し、近代を迎えたかという西洋近代の始まりについて、一般的な歴史像の修正に寄与するものでもある。