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The Truce of Calais was a truce agreed by King Edward III of England and King Philip VI of France (pictured) on 28 September 1347. After ten years of war both countries were financially and militarily exhausted and Pope Clement VI was able to broker a truce, to run until 7 July 1348. The effects of the Black Death caused the truce to be renewed in 1348, 1349 and 1350. While the truce was in effect fighting was restricted, but it did not stop repeated naval clashes nor much fighting on a smaller scale. In 1351 the truce was renewed for one year but in January 1352 full-scale fighting broke out again. On 6 April a new truce and an outline permanent peace treaty were agreed as the Treaty of Guînes. But John subsequently decided on an ambitious series of offensives for the 1355 campaigning season and repudiated the Treaty of Guînes. Yet another extension to the Truce of Calais was agreed, until 24 June, when it finally expired. The war resumed in force in October 1355.

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