Charles VI – rex inutilis? (on the issue of the crisis of royal power in France at the beginning of the 15th century)

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the features of the crisis of royal power in France at the beginning of the 15th century. He was provoked by the mental illness of King Charles VI, since in France there was no practice of transferring power in the event of the incapacity of the king to his sons. The situation was complicated by the fact that the heirs had not yet reached the age of majority. This circumstance caused a split among the relatives into two groups: supporters and opponents of the removal of the king from the throne. Their confrontation sparked a civil war, which led to the transfer of the throne into the hands of the Lancaster dynasty.

Keywords

• the hundred years war
• the valois and lancaster dynasty
• civil war
• armagnacs and bourguignons