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The Hundred Years' War

By anm6341
  • Mar 19, 1337

    Who the war was between

    war was between France and England
  • Mar 19, 1337

    why it started

    The war started because both leaders claimed the French Throne
  • Period: Mar 19, 1337 to Mar 19, 1453

    The Hundred Years' War

  • Mar 19, 1346

    Battle of Crecy

    England won
    (large part because of the power and effectiveness of the English longbowmen)
  • Mar 19, 1347

    Black Death

    both sides were affect by the Black Death
  • Mar 19, 1356

    Battle of Poitiers

    Battle of Poitiers
    Major Victory for England
  • Mar 19, 1387

    truce

    A truce was signed, but did not last
  • Mar 21, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

    major victory for England
  • Mar 19, 1420

    treaty

    treaty
    because of many more victories by the English the treaty of Troyes was established
  • Mar 21, 1453

    battle of Castillion

    final battle was the battle of castillon, which also was the end of the war. (french victory)
  • Mar 21, 1454

    England Government

    1454-1490's- the English government was almost gone, and found strong monarch through Tudors, which brought England into the early modern era.
  • Mar 21, 1454

    French government

    the French government was weakened and took much longer to recover. Movements such as the Jacquerie and the Etienne Marcel in Paris made the government worse during war, but helped strengthen the French monarchy.
  • Mar 21, 1454

    contributed to the end of Middle Ages

    Militarily, the introduction of new weapons and tactics eroded the older system of feudal armies dominated by heavy cavalry. Nobility was kind of not really the deciding factor in battles anymore, Anyone, for example peasents, could go to war with weapons and could gain power and rewards like the knights.