Forging an English Alliance as a policy decision can be a great advantage for Burgundy. Establishing an alliance with the English does not only allow you to hire their Mercenary Longbowmen, but also improves naval trade.
Technology Statistics[]
Name: English Alliance
Available to: Burgundy
Researched at: Town Hall
Century: 14th
Cost: 50 Food, 100 Florins
Effect: enables Mercenary Longbowman, speeds up Merchant Barques
Historical Background[]
Burgundy allied twice with the English. At first to detach from the influence of the French suzerainty and to unite the Burgundian dominions, Philipp III the Good, Duke of Burgundy, allied with England against the French until the Treaty of Arras in 1435. After the death of his father and no longer bound by the Treaty of Arras, his son, Charles the Bold, decided to ally himself with England.
While retaining the principles of feudal recruiting, Charles had endeavoured to establish a system of rigid discipline among his troops, which he had strengthened by taking into his pay foreign mercenaries, particularly Englishmen and Italians.
