In 1445, the first steps were made towards fashioning a regular army out of the poorly disciplined mercenary bands that French kings traditionally relied on.
Aastal 1445 astuti esimesi samme regulaararmee moodustamise suunas kehvalt distsiplineeritud palgasõdurite jõukude asemele, keda Prantsuse kuningad traditsiooniliselt kasutasid.