Editing Charente-Maritime (section)

==== Late Middle Ages ====
[[File:Entree vieux port La Rochelle.JPG|thumb|The {{Ill|Old Port of La Rochelle|fr|Vieux-Port de La Rochelle}}]]
[[La Rochelle]] grew in the 12th century under the [[Duke of Aquitaine|Dukes of Aquitaine]], gaining a communal charter from [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] in 1175 and boosting trade with the [[Hanseatic League]].<ref name=":4">{{Harvtxt|Combes|2001|p=168}}</ref> Saintonge and Aunis prospered from salt, wine, and stone exports.<ref name=":5">{{Harvtxt|Combes|2001|p=166}}</ref> The Via Turonensis pilgrimage route spurred religious growth, with a hospice in Pons and a basilica for [[Eutropius of Saintes|Eutropius]] in Saintes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques en Saintonge |trans-title=The Way of Saint James in Saintonge |url=http://www.saintonge.online.fr/stjacques.htm |access-date=May 25, 2010 |website=saintonge.online.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In 1137, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] inherited the region, marrying [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]], then [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagenet]] in 1152, tying Aquitaine to England.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Malet|2022|p=62-63}}</ref> Her [[Rolls of Oléron|Roles of Oléron]] maritime code emerged in 1169.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Calvo|first=Carlos|year=2009|title=Dictionnaire Manuel de Diplomatie et de Droit International Public et Privé|language=fr|trans-title=Dictionary Manual of Diplomacy and Public and Private International Law|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange|isbn=9781584779490|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7DXvH0k3lcC|page=371}}</ref> Rebellions in 1174 and sieges like Saintes strained Plantagenet rule.<ref name=":53">{{Harvtxt|Massiou|1846a|p=63-67}}</ref> After [[John, King of England|John]]’s contested reign, [[Philip II of France|Philippe Auguste]] seized most of Saintonge and Aunis by 1204, though La Rochelle resisted until 1224 under [[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]].<ref name=":6">{{Harvtxt|Massiou|1846a|p=178-184}}</ref> The [[Battle of Taillebourg]] (1242) saw [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] defeat [[Henry III of England|Henry III]], solidified by the [[Treaty of Paris (1259)]].<ref name=":54">{{Harvtxt|Rymer|1739|p=325-326}}</ref>