# Truce of Tours (1444)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1444-truce-of-tours
Location: Tours

A temporary Anglo-French truce allowed royal forces to reorganize. Within the broader Late Medieval France period, The Valois kingdom endured the Hundred Years’ War, plague, civil conflict and English occupation before recovering under Charles VII and Louis XI. Military and fiscal reforms strengthened the crown by the late fifteenth century. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Charles VII (King of France). Truce of Tours mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Truce of Tours mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Charles VII](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-vii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Truce of Tours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Truce+of+Tours&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Truce of Tours](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Truce+of+Tours)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of French history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_French_history)