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According to historian David Green, “The first thing anyone usually learns about the Hundred Years’ War is that it did not last 100 years.” History states that the Hundred Years’ War between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1453, which actually consists of 116 years. During the 116 years, there were 10 major events. Some of the events, such as the Battle of Agincourt, made it easier for the English to invade the French throne. The French were able to secure the land and throne toward the end of the war which helped France keep their monarchy. Both countries were able to have loyalty and devotion for themselves. The Hundred Years War was a series of conflicts between the French and English monarchies that resulted in
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He had no sons or brothers therefore there was nobody to claim the throne. His closest male relative was his nephew Edward III of England. His mother, Isabella of France, was Charles IV sister. Isabella claimed the throne of France for her son, but the French rejected her offer. They told her that she could not transmit a right she did not possess. France refused to let any foreigner prince and would have preferred a Frenchman. The throne was passed to Philip of Valois, a patrilineal first cousin of Charles IV. He become Philip VI of France, the first king of the House of Valois. The English had not expected their claim to meet with success, and did not press the matter when it was denied. However, disagreements between Philip and Edward induced the former to confiscate the latter's lands in France, and in turn prompted Edward III to reassert his claim to the French throne. Edward III later became the king of England in 1327. He was known for his military success and helped England until his death in …show more content…
It turned out to be more difficult to overcome than first thought. The siege began on October 6, 1421, and the town was taken over for seven months before finally falling on May 11, 1422. At the end of the battle, the English were the closest they were going to be to capturing the French throne. Afterwards Henry passed away due to the illness that he received during the battle. He died on August 31, 1422. The ruler of France, Charles VI, died two months later on October 21, 1422. Before Henry V passed away he gave the Duke of Bedford responsibility for English France Because Henry VI was to young. When Henry VI of England became king, he noticed military, diplomatic, and economic problems which pulled the English back from the war. When he saw the decrease in land owned be the English in France he also noticed the political instability rise. These causes affected how the war
Whilst Henry VI’s was in rule during the 1450’s, England had many issues and problems that cause such instability in the country. One of the largest factors arguably is the loss of the Hundred Years war between The French and English over France. This in turn caused many problems to occur with links to almost every feud the country faced. Yet some historians argue that Normandy wasn’t the main issue of instability in England instead of other reasons such as instability.
The French and Indian war, also better known as the seven year war, was in 1754. It all began in the early spring of 1754 through 1763, when George Washington and some 160 Virginians and hand full of Mingo Indians started to move when they were concerned about the French military presence in their county. The battle first started when a Mingo chief, the Indian leader that was with George Washington in his campaign, led a unit of soldiers into a small French encampment in the woods. It was a very small battle but, the fight ended up with 14 French men wounded. While Washington was trying to get all the available information from their French dying commander to help their plans in the war, the Indians killed and scalped the remaining survivors including the commander.
The French Revolution and the English Civil War were arguably two of the biggest events in English and French history. The English Civil War spanned from 1642 to 1651, while the French Revolution occurred from 1789 to 1799. During these times monarchies were running on thin ice as the people began to lose faith in their rulers. The monarchies lack of social reliance was a cause of both of these events to occur. Both of these events occurred due to multiple political and economic problems in each of their time periods.
Henry II, one of the Angevin kings, was one of the most effective of all England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign and promptly collared his errant barons. He refined Norman government and created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy. His energy was equaled only by his ambition and intelligence. Henry survived many wars, rebellions, and controversy to successfully rule one of the Middle Ages' most powerful kingdoms. Henry was crowned King of England on October of 1154 and ruled up until 1189, which is the same year as his death. The continental empire ruled by Henry included the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony, Anjou, Aquitane, and Normandy (Alexander, 124). Three things that were important in Henry II's reign was the relationship between Henry and the appointed bishop Thomas Becket. The second important thing is King Henry II's acheivments that expanded England and made the country strong. The final important thing in the kings reign that he did to regulate his country is that he regulated the financial system, to take power away from the barons, and he used taxes to help him build a fighting force, to make England safe from invasion. Henry II, King of England, ruled strong and intelligently during his reign, making England one of the strongest countries at the time.
By successive diplomatic marriages, by victories and annexations, the Dukes of Burgundy, since the time of Jean the Fearless, had constituted a vast zone of power, which rivaled that of the kingdom of France. The zone consisted of different regions and people enclosing the kingdom of France, from North Lyon to south of Amiens forming a semi-circular realm reaching as far as the north of the Netherlands. This was the longest reign in the history of France. Some the most notable of the dukes were Charles the Bold and his father, Philip the Good.
When the Hundred Years’ War began in 1337, the strength of the French empire declined and the English possessed most of France. Although the war began in 1337, tensions between France and England started centuries earlier. In 1066, William of Normandy, duke of France, defeated the English and became king of England. A century later, conflict arose when Henry II, a great grandson of William, came into power in 1154 and wanted to add to his empire, known as the Angevin Empire, by taking over French territories. Friction mounted as the fighting between Angevin and French territories continued. Finally, King Edward III of England claimed the throne of France in 1328 but was refused, causing war to break out in 1337. The French suffered huge losses in the first period of the Hundred Years’ War. The French cavalry was decimated at Crecy in 1347, the fortress of Calais was lost in 1347, the French army was crushed at Poitiers in 1356, and King John II handed over ⅓ of the French kingdom to the English by the Treaty of Bretigny. Although the French drove out the English b...
... While Henry VIII was the king of England, he defeated France on many occasions, at the Battle of the Spurs for example. Henry VIII was also responsible for the religious reformation in England and changed the religion of England from the Roman Catholic faith to the Protestant Religion, and established the Church of England. If it weren’t for King Henry VIII, England would not have been as wealthy as it was because of the dissolution of the monasteries. The Act of Appeals aided the constitutional development of England, once again, thanks to Henry VIII.
The Indian and French war had great effects for the North American’s native tribes. Those Native Americans that supported the French side were reattributed against by British. Their supplies were cut off and they were compelled forcefully to be obedient to the rules of the new country. On the other hand, the Native Americans who fought were surprised to see many new settlers occupying their land and permanently settling there. Before the war between Indians and French started, the main problem in the colonies was how the continent powers were divided. The English were settled in what we called today Northeastern United States. The French had a control of Canada.
Henry II also controlled a lot of France at this time. William the Conqueror had been his great-grandfather and he had inherited his French territories as a result of this. When Henry was in France sorting out problems there, he left Becket in charge of England - such was his trust in him. Becket became Henry’s chancellor - the most important position in England after the king.
Henry VI had a lot of weaknesses with foreign policy, his inability to make decisions, patronage, Richard duke of York, finance and evil council. With foreign policy he showed weakness in defending his country, after his father Henry VII had conquered land in France, he lost it. He lost Normandy and Gascony in 1451 due to defeat in France. This affected morale and the incomes of nobles because they had lost, reducing their reputation, especially as they had lost some of their own land, and the incomes went down because money was spent on war, so less money was available to give as income. This could have been a reason for the outbreak of conflict because the people would not have been happy with their situation.
his nephew he should be king, but the majority of the French were against Edward
The Hundred Years War took place between France and England between the years 1337 and 1453, which is ironically one hundred and sixteen years. The war was fought over a couple issues, which include, an English King wanting to claim the French throne and also because the French king Phillip VI wanted to own territories
Henry IV's son and grandson, Louis XIII and Louis XIV respectively, succeeded him as king and their descendants ruled France for the next few centuries, aside from during the French Revolution and Napolenic era in the years 1792-1814. The Bourbon dynasty first gained rule over Spain in the year 1700 when Philip V, Louis XIV's grandson, became king. As a result, Philip V is considered the founder of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon. The throne was willed to him by his grand-uncle, King Charles II of Spain, who did not have any children to succeed
In 1047 a serious rebellion of nobles occurred, and William with the aid of King Henry of France, gained a great victory at Val-ès-Dunes, near Caen. Which led to the capture of the two strong castles of Alençon and Domfront. Using this as his base of operations, the young duke, in 1054 made himself master of the province of Maine and became the most powerful vassal of the French Crown, able on occasion to bid defiance to the king himself. William even married Matilda, the daughter of the Earl of Flanders, in 1053,in spite of the papal prohibition.
The Thirty Years War, known as a religious war started off as a small debacle between the bohemians and the Roman Catholics. Not knowing this was a beginning to something big. The war that lasted thirty years, allowed for torment and diminishing events to happen. Events that effected men, women and soldiers. While some suffered more than others, there was not much left to do but to deal with what you had. The war defiled the lands of Europe leaving individuals helpless without much to eat or look forward to. All in all, the Thirty years War paved the new European landscape