What regions of medieval france 1100 to 1453 offerd the most military and economic benifet.?
Well, first of all, you knowledge of the geography of France is somehow…different. Both Aquitaine and Languedoc lies in the South and Burgundy was on the easternmost part of the kingdom. The most dynamic regions were those in northern France, what is now the “Ile de France”, around Paris and Flanders. It is why so many campaigns were fought in the north. The land was rich, booty was good. The Languedoc was salvaged by the crusade against the Albigense and never fully recovered. Aquitaine was under the rule of its duke, aka the king of England. Burgundy was politically highly unstable and was the theatre of many anti-french revolts, until the battle of the Golden Spurs, when the prosperous industrial towns (Bruges, Ghent) enjoyed some degree of autonomy. At least until the French side could take their revenge at Roosebeke. Once the Valois dynasty established in the area, it sided alongside both English and Brittany against the French (after the murder of John the Fearless) Militarily,
