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French modder of KCD Modding Community. I love writing, drawing, video games and Medieval History
Jan 10 • 9 tweets • 9 min read
Conspiracies in cities During the Hundred Years' War, XVth century.

The dark side of this war and also largely unknown. Many cities each have a unique story of a plot against the occupier.

Here are some of their stories.

[Thread]🧵 Image PARIS
The Leclerc conspiracy

The capital was constantly rife with scandals, rumors, and dark tales of conspiracies between 1411 and 1453. The civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians gave rise to partisans of both factions, hidden in the city's neighborhoods, plotting schemes. In 1416, the Burgundian burghers' affair was violently suppressed, and all were executed by Constable Count Bernard VII of Armagnac. This plot aimed to incite a revolt to drive out the Armagnac faction.

This would indeed happen on the night of May 28, 1418, when a craftsman's son, Perrinet Leclerc, along with his friends, opened the gates of Saint-Germain to 800 Burgundians. The entire capital awoke in chaos, with many inhabitants pouring out of their homes, displaying the symbol of Saint Andrew on their clothing—the symbol of the Burgundian faction.

Massacres, executions, looting, hunts—between 2,500 and 5,000 deaths were recorded.

The cities were not spared from conspiracies, some even larger than those in Paris.Image
Dec 3, 2025 • 23 tweets • 13 min read
On this day, December 3rd, 1402, a large-scale invasion was launched by the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg against the rebellious Bohemian lands that remained loyal to King Wenceslaus IV.

This operation, though little known, was the largest in the Margraves Moravian Wars, then the most violent. Three cities were besieged simultaneously, villages were burned and looted, and fortresses were attacked and occupied.

This is the story of the winter military campaign in Bohemia of 1402-1403.

[Thread]🧵Image Since March 1402, the Kingdom of Bohemia had been plunged into civil war and anarchy. King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia had been kidnapped by the League of Lords, a group of high-ranking lords seeking greater power and control, with the support of King Sigismund of Hungary.

The situation became so uncontrollable that King Sigismund went to Bezdez Castle in June 1402 to trap and capture Margrave Prokope of Luxembourg, who had taken the lead of the resistance in Bohemia.

Sigismund imprisoned him in Bratislava and Wenceslaus IV in Vienna in July 1402.Image