. A short history of England and the British Empire. ish result was economic distress in the Dutch towns and in-creased hostility to the French overlord, who had ruined theirindustry and their trade. The Flemish merchants wished to be loyal to the king ofFrance, but not to Philip VI who was then on the approached Edward III with the proposition that heshould claim the throne of France, and promised to accept andsupport him as the true In this way they fancied thattheir oaths and pledges of loyalty would remain plan was one that appealed mightily to the
. A short history of England and the British Empire. ish result was economic distress in the Dutch towns and in-creased hostility to the French overlord, who had ruined theirindustry and their trade. The Flemish merchants wished to be loyal to the king ofFrance, but not to Philip VI who was then on the approached Edward III with the proposition that heshould claim the throne of France, and promised to accept andsupport him as the true In this way they fancied thattheir oaths and pledges of loyalty would remain plan was one that appealed mightily to the English king,for Edward III was a knight rather than a states- Personality ofman. In many respects he resembled Richard I: Edward IILhe was a strong, well-built, and handsome man of twenty-five i Innes, Industrial Development, 78. 2 Cheyney, 236-238. i5° THE WAR WITH FRANCE FRANCE in 1328 Scale of Miles 50 0 50 100 I I French Holdings Ut the Accession,° J of the House, of PP English Holdings [Valois 1328 <**, taLais <v GOLDSCHMIOTJ Bournes,. $4$ Rgug0 oSommercuxiParis Troyes Nev ? 48 Dijow^ ers
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