Congress of Arras

Congress of Arras
Small illustration from Vigiles de Charles VII (c. 1484) depicting the congress
Type	Peace congress
Context	Hundred Years' War Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
Date	5 August – 21 September 1435 (1435-08-05 – 1435-09-21)[1]
Place	Arras, County of Artois, France
Parties	Kingdom of France Kingdom of England Duchy of Burgundy
Outcome	The English walked out after no agreement was reached. Treaty of Arras between France and Burgundy

The Congress of Arras was a diplomatic congregation established at Arras in the summer of 1435 during the Hundred Years' War, between representatives of England, France and Burgundy. It was the first negotiation since the Treaty of Troyes and replaced the fifteen-year agreement between Burgundy and England that would have seen the dynasty of Henry V inherit the French crown. Historian Richard Vaughan has called it "Europe's first real peace congress."^[1]

Toward the close of the Hundred Years' War, both the Congress and the subsequent Treaty of Arras represented diplomatic failures for England and major successes for France and led to the expulsion of the English from France.