"Si la bonne foi était bannie du reste du monde, il fallait qu’on la trouvât dans la bouche des rois."
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John II of France
John II (French: Jean; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called the Good (le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. Defeated and captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356, France was forced to pay a huge ransom and accept the Treaty of Brétigny.
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