Permanent historical factsheet

Burghers of Calais

Name: Burghers of Calais – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Warfare / Hundred Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1347Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1347

Edward III4 August 1347

Calais · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Spares the burghers of Calais after Philippa intercedes

Names involved

Edward III

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.