sentiments for peace were gaining strength in both England and France; a treaty to
put an end to the fighting for a generation was drawn up in 1396. Yet the
“generation” was hardly grown when Henry V (r.1413–1422) came to the throne and
revived England’s Continental claims. Demanding nearly all of the land that the
Angevins had held in the twelfth century, he struck France in 1415 in a concerted
effort to conquer both cities and countryside. Soon Normandy was Henry’s, and,
determined to keep it, he forced all who refused him loyalty into exile, confiscating
their lands and handing the property over to his own followers. (See Map 8.3.)
