John II, “the Good Fellow”,
1350-1364
- “good knight and a mediocre king”
- 1355, England renews the war, defeats France at the battle of Poitiers, captures John
and his son - they are taken hostage to England until a ransom is paid - the huge rise in taxes and
absence of the king lead to civil chaos and peasant uprisings in France
- in 1360, John is
released on the partial payment of his ransom, but one of the other hostages escaped and John returned
to captivity, dying there
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