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Emperor's Edict: Tax Relief for Plundered Provinces (+ 5 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (08 May 2023)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church.
Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).
Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
Hernando de…
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