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Question

What did the 100 years war have to do with France(I know they were in it with England and they won) but how did it effect them beween late 1500's and early 1700;s ???????

Answer 1

The Hundred Years War, lasting from 1337 until 1453, was a defining time for the history of both England and France. The war started in May 1337 when King Philip VI of France attempted to confiscate the English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine (located Southwestern France). It ended in July 1453 when the French finally expelled the English from the continent (except for Calais) by force. The Hundred Years War were a series of chevauchees (plundering raids), sieges and naval battles interspersed with truces and uneasy peace. One of the main causes of the Hundred Years War centered on the relationship between the Kings of France and England regarding the duchy of Aquitaine located in Southwestern France. In 1259, the Treaty of Paris designated that Henry III (1216 - 1270) held the duchy as a fief of the French King. Henry was a vassal of the King of France and, therefore, was required to pay liege homage to the king. (This meant that the King of England was required to do homage whenever the kingship of either England or France changed hands.) However, Henry was the King of England; how could a king be a in turn be a vassal?

Control over the French throne further complicated matters. In 1328, Charles IV, King of France, died without a male heir. Edward III, the King of England, held claim to the throne via his mother who was Charles' sister. The other important claimant was head of the Valois house (Philip VI) grandson of Philip III. Philip VI gained the throne and moved to confiscate Aquitaine in order to consolidate his power. Edward led a raid into French territory in 1338 to defend his claim and two years later declared himself the true king of France.

From the beginning of the war (1337) until the battle of Orleans (1428-29), the English won many victories including the decisive battles of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. The English used a new method of warefare by combining forces of longbowmen with dismounted men-at-arms with much success.

In 1429, at the siege of Orleans the French finally gained the upperhand. Joan of Arc led a relief force which successfully defeated the English. For the next 25 years, the French defeated the English at many engagements and the English retreated from France except for Calais.

Answer 2

Your years are slightly out as the war lasted from 1337-1453 but it is quite a complex issue.
The English owned (occupied) a huge tract of western France and he French were not very happy about that and the war was to throw England out of France. The French almost seceded.

I suppose the biggest effect was the reunification of France and the freedom from foreign rule.

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Answer 3

France was not yet a nation-state, more a cultural and geographic concept. Back then, much of modern France was actually ruled by the English royal house going back to Henry II and ELeanor of Aquitane. Henry V claimed his families patrimony and asserted that claim by force. The war was fought on French soil with mostly French civilain casualties, with much of coastal and Northern France suffering the typical depradations of warfare of that period - raping, pillaging et al. THe French never forgot.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

nra_man58 gave u a great answer.