Chapter XV
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THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR.
Character and policy of Edward III. 310
1330-40. The rule of the Stratfords. 314
1337. The new earldoms. 314
Scotland during the minority of David Bruce. 315
Edward Balliol and the Disinherited. 315
6 Aug., 1332. The Disinherited in Scotland. 317
Battle of Dupplin Moor. 318
6 Aug.-16 Dec. Edward Balliol's brief reign and expulsion. 319
Treaty of Roxburgh. 319
1333. Attempt to procure his restoration. 319
Siege of Berwick. 319
19 July. Battle of Halidon Hill. 320
Edward Balliol restored. 320
12 June, 1334. Treaty of Newcastle, ceding to Edward south-eastern Scotland. 321
Failure of Edward Balliol. 300
1334-36. Edward III.'s Scottish campaigns. 322
1341. Return of David Bruce from France. 323
1327-37. Relations of England and France. 323
31 Mar., 1327. Treaty of Paris. 324
Edward's lands in Gascony after the treaty of Paris. 324
1328. Accession of Philip of Valois in France. 325
Protests of the English regency. 325
1328. The legal and political aspects of the succession question. 326
Edward III.'s claim to France. 327
6 June, 1329. Edward's homage to Philip VI. 327
8 May, 1330. Convention of the Wood of Vincennes. 328
9 Mar., 1331. Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 300
April. Interview of Pont-Sainte-Maxence. 328
Crusading projects of John XXII.. 329
1336. Abandonment of the crusade by Benedict XII. 329
Strained relations between England and France. 330
1337. Mission of the Cardinals Peter and Bertrand. 330
Edward and Robert of Artois. 330
The Vow of the Heron. 331
Preparations for war. 331
Breach with Flanders and stoppage of export of wool. 332
Alliance with William I. and II. of Hainault. 332
Edward's other Netherlandish allies. 332
1337. Breach between France and England. 333
Nov. Sir Walter Manny at Cadzand. 334
Fruitless negotiations and further hostilities. 334
July, 1338. Edward III.'s departure for Flanders. 335
5 Sept. Interview of Edward and the Emperor Louis of Bavaria at Coblenz. 335
The Anglo-imperial alliance. 335
Further fruitless negotiations. 336
Renewal of Edward's claim to the French crown. 337
The responsibility for the war. 337