Editing 1347 (section)

=== Western Europe ===
In the continuing [[Hundred Years' War]], the English won the city of [[Calais]] in a treaty signed in September. In a meeting with the [[Estates General (France)|Estates General]] in November, the French King Phillip was told that in the recent war efforts they had "lost all and gained nothing."<ref>Fraioli, Deborah. Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-313-32458-1}} pp. 106</ref> Phillip, however, was granted a portion of the money he requested and was able to continue his war effort.<ref name = eiii>Neillands, Robin. The Hundred Years War. New York: Routledge, 1990. {{ISBN|0-415-07149-6}} pp. 109–110</ref> The English King Edward offered Calais a package of economic boosts which would make Calais the key city connecting England with France economically.<ref>Corfis, Ivy and Michael Wolfe. The Medieval City under Siege. Ipswich: Boydell Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0-85115-756-4}} pp. 55</ref> Edward returned to England at that height of his popularity and power and for six months celebrated his successes with others in the English nobility. Although the Kingdom's funds were largely pushed towards the war, building projects among the more wealthy continued, with, for example, the completion of [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]] in this year.<ref name = eiii/>

The French city of [[Marseille]] recognized the plague on September 1 and by November 1 it had spread to [[Aix-en-Provence]]. The earliest recorded invasion of the plague into Spanish territory was in [[Mallorca]] in December 1347, probably through commercial ships.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Three years of plague began in England.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J.M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>