Hundred Years' War

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The Hundred Years' War was a prolonged series of conflicts between England and France from 1337 to 1453 that reshaped medieval European politics, warfare, and national identities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval conflict
series of wars
war
cause dispute over the French crown
economic rivalry
territorial disputes in France
conflictBetween Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
endDate 1453
hasParticipant Black Prince
Charles V of France
Charles VII of France
Duchy of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy
Edward III of England
Henry V of England
Joan of Arc
John II of France
Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of Scotland
Philip VI of France
hasPhase Caroline War
Edwardian War
Wars of the Roses
surface form: Lancastrian War
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
influenced decline of heavy cavalry dominance
development of standing armies in Europe
emergence of English and French national identities
growth of French monarchy
introduced widespread use of the English longbow in European warfare
locatedIn England
France
Western Europe
mainTheater French territory
notableBattle Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Castillon
Battle of Crécy
Battle of Formigny
Battle of La Rochelle
Battle of Patay
Battle of Poitiers
Battle of Sluys
Siege of Orléans
partOf Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries
surface form: Anglo-French wars
result French victory
decline of feudal military structures
end of English territorial claims in most of France
rise of French national identity
startDate 1337
treaty Treaty of Arras (1435)
Treaty of Brétigny
Treaty of Troyes
Truce of Leulinghem

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Henry V (1944 film) setting Hundred Years' War
Charles VII of France significantEvent Hundred Years' War
this entity surface form: Hundred Years’ War
House of Valois significantEvent Hundred Years' War
Henry V (1989 film) subject Hundred Years' War
Jacquerie temporalLocation Hundred Years' War