The 100 Years War
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- The 100 Years War
- Causes
- After the death of Charles IV there was debate over who the King of France was and should be
- Under Roman Laws the Crown should have passed through his sister Isabella to her son Edward III, King of England
- Under Salic Law the throne went to Philip VI, a cousin of Charles IV.
- After the death of Charles IV there was debate over who the King of France was and should be
- The Fighting
- Edward III laid claim to the throne in 1337 and began an intermittent war that lasted until 1453.
- Agincourt, October 25th 1415
- England's most famous medieval victory
- United a nation and defined 'Englishness'
- Created a legend and crushed the French
- The archers were their best asset
- 8000 Frenchmen died. 100 Englishmen died.
- They won due to leadership and long bow archers.
- The slaughter of French noble prisoners meant France was easier to rule
- Treaty of Troyes 1420
- Charles VI married his daughter Katherine Volois to Henry V
- He acknowledge Henry V as his heir thereby disinheriting his own son, Charles VII
- The English gained vast additional land in France
- The Role of Burgundy
- Burgundy was a vassal Duchy of France that had grown so vast and wealthy that it had the power to challenge the French King
- In 1419, John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy was murdered while holding a diplomatic meeting with Charles VII
- His successor Philip the Bold joined/ supported the English in revenge
- Joan of Arc
- French peasant girl who had visions of St Michael urging her to support Charles VII's claim to be King of France and to crush the English
- Inspired the French to liberate Orleans and claim Reims where Charles VII was crowned
- The French won a famous victory at Patay.
- Captured by the Burgundians, said to the English and burnt to death for heresy amongst other crimes in Rouen in 1430
- Treaty of Arras 1435 and the Consequence
- The Duke of Burgundy made peace with France and recognised Charles VII as the rightful King
- England was isolated
- The following year Paris was recaptured by the French in 1442. Pontoise was also surrendered
- The war was becoming increasingly expensive to fight
- The Duke of Burgundy made peace with France and recognised Charles VII as the rightful King
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