The Hundred Years War (actually 116, )
Preconditions Preconditions for the 4 th Horseman England and France are completely enmeshed –Norman conquest of England in 1066 –Eleanor of Aquitaine had brought control of most of southern France when she married Henry II
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Causes Inheritance-Salic Law, Complicated by feudal problems
Economic
At the start…
At the end of Edward’s Rule The English do not have much left even with the longbows.
Henry V’s successes His son Henry VI is king of both France and England
Joan arrives Revitalizes the French After her death, France unifies and emerges victorious
Net Results Both England and France have a stronger sense of themselves as countries and as “a people” But the war has been hard on these medieval societies.