Michael Jones
Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1997 (reprint of 1970 edition).
Cloth, dj., 250 pp. ISBN: 0-19-821835-4.
Book Number 17339
Traditionally John IV, Duke of Brittany (1364-1399) has been considered an Anglophile. This book re-examines his role in Anglo-French relations by a full study of the diplomatic, administrative and military evidence. It suggests that the Dukeís policies were designed principally to create an autonomous duchy. Jones is particularly interested to study the effects of Johnís upbringing in England and early dependence upon Edward III on his policies towards both England and his legal sovereigns in France - Charles V and Charles VI - once he became Duke.