King Henry III of France lived in an age of civil and religious unrest. While he tried to get a grip on the situation and keep France from imploding, his personal issues always seemed to get in ...

England’s connection to France went back to the Norman Conquest of 1066. King William I’s son Henry I ruled England and Normandy as a single united kingdom. Henry was considered by people at ...

France had diplomats before it had a minister of foreign affairs and had a minister before it had a ministry. The Kings of France always had a foreign policy, but to begin with they handled it alone, ...

Edward was furious! He was at war with the King of France. He didn’t want Scotland siding with France. The final straw for Edward came in March 1296, when John said he wouldn’t be bossed ...

In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a carved shield with the coat of arms of St Louis (Louis IX), King of France (1214-1270). The shield shows "azure, a semee de lys or" although there is ...

The former abbey still has its beautiful 9th-century nave, in which lie the remains of Archbishop St Rémi (440–533), who instituted the Holy Anointing of the kings of France. The former archiepiscopal ...