the French clergy supporting the Anglo-Burgundian
regime; Henry VI crowned king of France at Paris
1433 Reconciliation between moderate Hussites and the
Council of Basle
1434 Defeat of the Taborite extremists by Catholics and
moderate Hussites at Lipany; Cape Bojador, on West
African coast, rounded by Portuguese; Cosimo de'
Medici comes to unofficial power in Florence
1435 Treaty of Arras: reconciliation of Charles VII and
Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy; Anglo-
Burgundian alliance collapses
1436 Charles VII's forces enter Paris
1437 Pope Eugenius IV dissolves Council of Basle but the
fathers of the council suspend him ( 1438)
1438 Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges establishes French
neutrality between pope and council and confers
considerable powers over the French Church on the
king
1439 Council of Basle deposes Eugenius IV and elects
Amadeus VIII, duke of Savoy as Felix V: schism
between pope and council renewed; Council of
Florence ends schism between eastern and western
Christendom
1440 Conspiracy against Charles VII by French nobility
known as the Praguerie in which the duke of
Burgundy is implicated
1442 French expedition to Gascony recovers some territory
from the English
1442-3 Alfonso 'the Magnanimous' of Aragon gains control of
kingdom of Naples and begins to rule combined
territories from there
1444 Crusade ends in failure at Varna on the Black Sea;
Truce of Tours between England and France
1447 Milan declares itself the Ambrosian Republic: three
years later the experiment ends with the invitation to
Francesco Sforza to rule the city; French recognize
the newly elected Nicholas V as pope and work for
abdication of Felix V
1448 Renewal of Anglo-French truce until April 1450;
remnants of Council of Basle move to Lausanne
1449 Council at Lausanne dissolves itself and Felix V

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