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of 1346 by Edward III of England after a long siege. Its capture gave England not only a key stronghold in Europe's textile trade centred in Flanders, but provided a strategic, defensible military outpost for England to regroup in future wars on the continent; the city's position on the English Channel could be reinforced over the short distance by sea. English sovereignty was confirmed under the Treaty of Brétigny,

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