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Unfit to rule: the merry captivity of King Jean II of France after the 1356 Poitiers catastrophe

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Medieval Blog, Valois blogPosted September 18, 2020

King Jean II of France, called the Good (le Bon), was the second Valois monarch, and, as some historians say, ‘The shame of France’.  How could the ruler who also has the nickname ‘the Good’ deserve such an epithet?  The clue to the understanding of this reasoning is in the...

Tags: Edward the Black Prince, english history, french history, King Charles II of Navarre known as the Bad, King Edward III of England, King Jean II of France, King Jean II of France the Good, King John II of France, Poitiers 1356, the Battle of Poitiers of 1356, the House of Plantagenet, the House of Valois, the Hundred Years’ War, the valois dynasty
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