Editing La Rochelle (section)

===Hundred Years' War===
[[royal demesne|Royal property]] since 1271, the 1293 sacking of La Rochelle by the [[Bayonnais]] during an outbreak of reciprocal [[piracy in the Middle Ages|piracy]] between English and French (particularly [[Duchy of Normandy|Norman]]) sailors was one of the main charges of [[Philip IV of France|King Philip{{nbsp}}IV]] against [[Edward I of England|King Edward{{nbsp}}I]] when he declared the [[Duchy of Aquitaine]] forfeit to the French crown,{{sfnp|Heebøll-Holm|2013|pp=84–89}} prompting the 1294–1303 [[Gascon War]] whose [[1299 Treaty of Montreuil|peace terms]] produced [[Isabella of France|the marriage]] that led to [[Edward III of England|Edward{{nbsp}}III]]'s later claims to the French crown.

Following the [[Treaty of Brétigny]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]], La Rochelle again came under the rule of the English monarch in 1360. La Rochelle however expelled the English in June 1372, following the naval [[Battle of La Rochelle]], between Castilian-French and English fleets. The French and Spanish decisively defeated the English, securing French control of the [[English Channel|Channel]] for the first time since the [[Battle of Sluys]] in 1340. The naval battle of La Rochelle was one of the first cases of the use of [[handgun]]s on warships, which were deployed by the French and Spanish against the English.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAsrwMrfaoQC&pg=PA64 |title=''From crossbow to H-bomb'' |author= Bernard Brodie |year=1973 |page=64 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253201616 |access-date=15 April 2010}}</ref> Having recovered freedom, La Rochelle refused entry to [[Du Guesclin]], until [[Charles V of France|Charles V]] recognized the privileges of the city in November 1372.

In 1402, the French adventurer [[Jean de Béthencourt]] left La Rochelle and sailed along the coast of Morocco to conquer the [[Canary Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNSwXN3-LZMC&pg=PA25|title=Canary Islands|first1=Sarah|last1=Andrews|first2=Josephine|last2=Quintero|date=15 April 2018|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=9781741045956}}</ref>

Until the 15th century, La Rochelle was to be the largest French harbour on the Atlantic coast, dealing mainly in wine, salt and cheese.