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The Hundred Years' War (French: Guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England.
The Battle of Castillon is generally considered the end of the Hundred Years' War as Henry VI's insanity and the Wars of the Roses left England in no position to wage war in France. However Calais remained an English possession until 1558 and the title of King of France was not omitted from the English royal style until 1 January 1801 (347 ...
This is a list of major battles in the Hundred Years' War, a conflict between France and England that lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453. There are 62 of them. Year. Battle. Victor. Details. 1337. Battle of Cadzand. England.
The Battle of Agincourt (/ ˈædʒɪnkɔːr (t)/ AJ-in-kor (t); [ a ] French: Azincourt [azɛ̃kuʁ]) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France. [ b ] The unexpected English victory against the numerically superior French army boosted English ...
The first phase of the Hundred Years' War between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1360. It is sometimes referred to as the Edwardian War because it was initiated by King Edward III of England, who claimed the French throne in defiance of King Philip VI of France. The dynastic conflict was caused by disputes over the French feudal ...
English Gascony 1399 - 1453: a study of war, government and politics during the later stages of the hundred years' war. Oxford historical monographs. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821834-0. Wright, Nicholas (2000). Knights and peasants: the hundred years war in the French countryside. Warfare in history (Repr. ed.).
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Wednesday showed off an excavated century-old time capsule, revealing a cornucopia of early 20th-century relics, artifacts and documents.
Hundred Years' War, 1415–1453. The Lancastrian War was the third and final phase of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It lasted from 1415, when Henry V of England invaded Normandy, to 1453, when the English were definitively defeated in Aquitaine. It followed a long period of peace from the end of the Caroline War in 1389.