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Breton Civil War, 1341

Featured article candidates/Breton Civil War, 1341/archive1

Nominator(s): Gog the Mild (talk) 18:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the beginning there was a happy little dukedom. Then the wise old duke died. And for 24 years afterwards everything went very badly indeed. This is the story of how it all began. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Jones isn't the same guy as Matthew Bennett?

It took me forever to work out what you meant. Thanks. Fixed. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also a little surprised not to see Jones, Michael, 'The Breton Civil War', in Palmer, J. J. N. (ed.), Froissart: Historian (Woodbridge, 1981), 64-81.

Cheers, SerialNumber54129 18:33, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ha. Several searches threw up nothing for "Breton Civil War", which surprised me. Of course, if I now add "The" I find it, but even so buried deep. And very little cited. Any hints as to how I could access an electronic copy? Gog the Mild (talk) 19:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jens

At first, I was confused about the article scope, thinking that the article is a complete coverage of an event called the "Breton Civil War". But in fact, it seems to cover only the first year of a longer event. This would be clearer if "Breton Civil War" would be linked to the main article in the first sentence.
In the infobox, "Breton Civil War" links to War of the Breton Succession, which seems to be the main article. But is "War of the Breton Succession" just an alternative term for the Breton Civil War, or does it convey a different meaning? If the former, shouldn't be the title of this article under the same name, for consistency?
Adding to the confusion is the "Campaignbox Breton War of Succession" below the infobox. This has "Initial campaign" bolded, which seems to indicate that's our article here (again, consistency? Shouldn't it be "1341" then?). It also has "Nantes" (in brackets) which links to "French defence" in the same article. Why have this Nantes in the box when it is not a separate article, why is it not "French defence" (the actual section in the article), and why does "English Invasion" (the other main secion in our article) does not appear in that box?
A complicating factor was the war between France and England which had broken out in 1337. (This was the Hundred Years' War, which lasted until 1453.) – The gloss feels unnecessary; I would instead suggest simply A complicating factor was the Hundred Years' War between France and England, which had broken out in 1337.
- But I see that the main article indicates that the "War of the Breton Succession" is part of the Hundred Years' War. Your sentence instead seems to suggest that it is a separate one. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:58, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
More soon. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 19:47, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Bulat-Pestivien_(22)_Église_Notre-Dame_Statue_01.JPG needs a tag for the original work. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]