Froissart’s writings on the feudal relationship between Richard III and Philip VI are likely inaccurate. Froissart wrote about how the two kings met how Richard paid homage to Philip upon taking the throne. Froissart described how ‘King Philip received the young King of England with all honour and dignity’. However, it is unlikely that this was true. In 1327 the English and French were still at war. Given Richard's youth and the tense relationship between the two kingdoms, it would have been unusual for a French King to treat him so kindly. It seems more likely that the French King would have wished to take advantage of his English counterpart not make friends.
