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Hundred Years War
Question | Answer |
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The Hundred Years War | lasted from May 1337 until October 1453. |
Edward III | English king who asserted a claim to the French throne. |
French Weaknesses | internal disunity, lack of war funds, territorial divisions. |
1340 | Flemish cities revolt against the French and acknowledged Edward as the king of France. |
1346 | Edward attacks Normandy and seizes the port of Calais. |
1356 | England captures the French king, John II the Good. |
Jacquerie | series of bloody rebellions by French peasants due to increasing taxes and forced labor on war-damaged properties |
Peace of Bretigny-Calais | (May 9, 1360) declared an end to Edward's vassalage to the king of France |
June 1381 | England had its own version of the Jacquerie, leaving the country divided. |
The Treaty of Troyes | (1420) disinherited the legitimate heir to the French throne and named Henry V the successor to the French king. |
Henry VI of England | named king of both France and England. |
Joan of Arc | peasant that declared that she was sent by God to besiege Orleans from the English. After her execution, she was named a saint. |
1435 | duke of Burgundy made peace with Charles, allowing France to force the English back. |
Charles VII | son of Charles VI who ignored the Treaty of Troyes. |
French victories due to... | awakened French nationalism by Joan of Arc. |
1453 | (end of the war) England only held their coastal enclave of Calais. |