| Congress of Arras | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Small illustration from Vigiles de Charles VII (c. 1484) depicting the congress | |
| Type | Peace congress |
| Context | Hundred Years' War Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War |
| Date | 5 August – 21 September 1435[1] |
| Place | Arras, County of Artois, France |
| Parties |  Kingdom of France.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of England Duchy of Burgundy |
| Outcome | The English walked out after no agreement was reached. Treaty of Arras between France and Burgundy |
The Congress of Arras was a diplomatic congregation established at Arras in the summer of 1435 during the Hundred Years' War, between representatives of England, France and Burgundy. It was the first negotiation since the Treaty of Troyes and replaced the fifteen-year agreement between Burgundy and England that would have seen the dynasty of Henry V inherit the French crown. Historian Richard Vaughan has called it "Europe's first real peace congress."[1]
Toward the close of the Hundred Years' War, both the Congress and the subsequent Treaty of Arras represented diplomatic failures for England and major successes for France and led to the expulsion of the English from France.
- ^ a b Vaughan 2004, p. 98.