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Treaty of Brétigny
The Treaty of Brétigny was agreed on 8 May 1360 between Edward III of England and the captive John II of France, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. Edward gave up his claim to the French crown in return for full sovereignty over an enlarged Aquitaine, Calais and Ponthieu, and a ransom of three million crowns for John. It was ratified at Calais in October 1360, but war resumed in 1369.
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