Why Was The France Called The Hundred Years War?

It is a known fact that England and France have despised each other for a long time and it’s no wonder they do despise each other. In 1337, a war broke out between England and France. This war was called the Hundred Years’ War. The reason the war was named the Hundred Years’ War is because this war lasted a little over one hundred years. When this war started Edward III was the king of England and he was also the duke of Guyenne, France and Philip VI was the king of France. The duration of this war spread over the reign of five kings in both England and France. The Hundred Years’ War resulted in many deaths and conflicts. The Hundred Years’ War had caused a war in England. Though during the Hundred Years’ War the people went through many hardships

Before the Hundred Years’ War England’s king Edward III, had many possible reasons as to what he could get out of saying he wanted to be the king of France. A piece of evidence that shows what he could have gotten out of saying he wanted to be king is, “He could also use it as a powerful weapon in negotiation, by offering to renounce his claim against very large territorial concessions, for instance the independence Aquitaine from France - possibly even the cession of Normandy and Anjou on the same terms” (Keen). During the Hundred Years’ War England captured King Philip’s successor John at the victory of Poitiers and then there was a treaty signed to get King John of France back. A piece of evidence that shows that the treaty did this at a cost is, “The principle terms of the treaty were that France pay three million crowns for King John’s ransom, and that he would cede to Edward an enlarged Aquitaine, wholly independent of the French crown. In return, Edward would renounce his claim to the French throne. For the next nine years Edward did indeed cease to use the title king of France” (Keen). So if King John is released to France and King Edward stops saying he is the king of France, King Edward gets three million crowns and more land from France that is completely his to control. After the Hundred Years’ War England got into a civil war because anyone involved in the Hundred Years’ War was held responsible for the loss. In Maurice Keen’s article “The Hundred Years War he writes, “The shock in England over the loss of its formerly wide overseas empire was very great. Popular rage against the counsellors and commanders deemed responsible had much to do with the outbreak in the mid-1450s of civil war (the ‘Wars of the Roses’).” When the population of England started to blame the commanders and counsellors the “Wars of the Roses”