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When the last Capetian king died without a successor, England’s Edward III, as
grandson of Philip IV, claimed the right to the French throne. The war that Edward
III launched for that throne.
France & England -
When the last Capetian king died without a successor, England’s Edward III, as
grandson of Philip IV, claimed the right to the French throne. The war that Edward
III launched for that throne -
Victory passed back and forth between the two
countries. Finally, between 1421 and 1453, the French rallied and drove the English
out of France entirely, except for the port city of Calais. -
the French rallied and drove the English
out of France entirely, except for the port city of Calais. -
Victory passed back and forth between the two
countries.eventually the French won -
The Hundred Years’War brought a change in the style of warfare in Europe. At this time some combatants were still operating under medieval ideals of chivalry.They looked with contempt on the common foot soldiers and archers who fought alongside them. This contempt would change as the longbow changed warfare.