Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England episode 151, the bridge at Monteiro.

First of all, just a quick word to say thanks to everyone for responding to the music question.

It was pretty conclusive.

Lose the music.

Okay, that's fine.

Seriously, it was rather nice to get so many people who liked the cast enough to make a comment.

So thanks all and the music is history.

Last week we heard about the diplomatic conference at Melon and its eventual failure,

washing up against the rock of a Newbergandian and Dofinist alliance.

Henry was livid.

Within a decently short number of days, and in fact arguably before the true period had ended,

he had attacked and captured the French citadel of Pontoisse, on the Sén, close to Paris,

in a way that looked just a little bit suspiciously well planned.

For the moment Henry then turned his attention to establishing a new court at Rour.

The Dofin meanwhile had established his own court at Bourge,

counterpoint to the Burgundian court, and that of his father, the king at Paris.

It looked around for help, and we might well reference the old alliance at this point,

by which I mean of course the ancient and well-trodden alliance between Scotland and France.

The origins of this alliance lie in Ed with the First's meddling in the succession crisis

in Scotland in the late 13th century. And in 1295 it was John Baleol, who had signed a treaty with

the King of France against England. That alliance would remain a living, breathing relationship

throughout the 14th century, and would do so until the crowns were combined under James I in 1603.

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