1339.  Edward’s invasion of France
Oct.  Campaign of the Thierache
23 Oct.  The failure at Buironfosse
Alliance between Edward and the Flemish cities
James van Artevelde
Jan., 1340.  Edward iii. at Ghent
His proclamation as King of France
20 Feb.  His return to England
22 June.  His re-embarkation for Flanders
Parallel naval development of England and France
The Norman navy and the projected invasion of
England
24 June.  Battle of Sluys
Ineffective campaigns in Artois and the Tournaisis
25 Sept.  Truce of Esplechin
30 Nov.  Edward’s return to London
The ministers displaced and a special commission
appointed to try them
30 Nov.  Controversy between Edward and Archbishop Stratford.
23 April, 1341.  Parliament at London supporting Stratford and forcing
Edward to choose ministers after consulting it.
1 Oct.  Edward’s repudiation of his concessions. 
April, 1343.  Repeal of the statutes of 1341. 
John of Montfort and Charles of Blois claim the
duchy of Brittany. 
War of the Breton succession. 
June, 1342.  The siege of Hennebont raised.
1343.  Battle of Morlaix.
19 Jan., 1343.  Edward iii. in Brittany. 
Truce of Malestroit. 
Edward’s financial and political troubles. 
End of the Flemish alliance. 
June, 1345.  Henry of Derby in Gascony.
21 Oct.  Battle of Auberoche.
1346.  Siege of Aiguillon and raid in Poitou. 
Preparations for Edward iii.’s campaign. 
July-Aug.  The march through Normandy.
26 July.  Capture of Caen. 
Aug.  The march up the Seine valley. 
The retreat northwards. 
The passage of the Somme at the Blanche taque.
26 Aug.  Battle of Crecy.
17 Oct.  Battle of Neville’s Cross.
4 Sept.  Siege of Calais.
3 Aug., 1347.  Capture of Calais.
20 June.  Battle of La Roche Derien.
28 Sept.  Truce of Calais.

CHAPTER XVII.

From the black death to the treaty of Calais.

1347-48.  Prosperity of England after the truce.
1348-50.  The Black Death and its results.
1351.  Statute of labourers. 
Social and economic unrest. 
Religious unrest. 
The Flagellants. 
The anti-clerical movement.
1351.  First statute of provisors.
1353.  First statute of praemunire. 
Richard Fitzralph and the attack on the mendicants.
1354.  Ordinance Of the Staple.
1352.  Statute of treasons.
1349.  Foundation of the Order of the Garter. 
Dagworth’s administration of Brittany. 
Hugh Calveley and Robert Knowles.
27 Mar., 1351.  Battle of the Thirty.
1352.  Battle of Mauron
Fighting round Calais
1352.  Capture of Guines
29 Aug., 1350.  Battle of the Spaniards-on-the-sea
6 April, 1354.  Preliminaries of peace signed at Guines
1355.  Failure of the negotiations