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Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The Treaty of Paris in 1259

In 1259, Henry III resigned his claims to the lost territories in France. He accepted that what remained of his continental possessions were essentially gaskony. And he would hold that from the King of France as a thief held from him. So that was the settlement which was involved in the Treaty of Paris. It's an extraordinary shaking of English politics and society," says Montserd.

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