The Hundred Years War Notes

1. 1337-1453
2. King John signed away English land to Norman France in 1204
3. They decided to keep only one part of the land- Gascony
4. England couldn't respond to what was happening there because they were fighting the Scots
5. France allied itself with the Scots to destabilize England because they both hate England
6. Edward I is hammering down the Scots and then decides to challenge Philip VI of France
7. Edward III decided to declare himself the King of France
8. Edward III sees that many of the French princes are dissatisfied with the monarchy at home so he lures them into his alliance
9. There were raids throughout England and France at this time
10. Edward III was victorious at the City of Crécy, and then later Calais
11. Edward IV becomes known as the Black Prince and is fighting in Bordeaux
12. There is a treaty for the Hundred Years War- Brétigny
• It said the French should pay the British and for that Wedward will sept down from his throne
13. France's new king is Charles V, and his constable is Bertrand du Guesclin.
• He died in 1380
14. Richard II is the new king
• Wanted peace for France
• Ends up losing the kingship
15. In 1413, Henry V takes the British back into France for the purpose of finalizing the war
• Meets the French at Agincourt- October 25, 1415- Saint Crispin's Day
• The English army is outnumbered by the French
• They defeat the French
• Doesn't completely end the Hundred Years War but raises English morale
• The great turning point of the war
16. Henry VI dies and his uncle the Duke of Bedford takes up the leadership of the English in France
• The plane is to go into the Loire valley and battle
17. There was an alliance between the French and the Scots
18. John Duke of Bedford defeated the horses at the Battle of Verneuil in August 1424
19. The English troops besieged the town of Orleans in 1428
• It looked like they were going to be able to starve out the French army in the city
• They surrounded the town and burned down the crops
20. Joan of Arc had voices in her head that told her to lead troops against the English
• The French took on the English in the Loire valley
• She was captured by the English
21. The end of the war
• The French take the Loire valley back
• There was a truce in 1444 - Tours
• The English king Henry VI and the French Princess Margaret would get married, but this does not work out
• Charles VII broke the truce and attacked the remaining British in Normandy
• He defeated the British and returned to Gascony
• Beat the British at Gascony
• There is a final battle between John Talbot and Charles VII
• July 17, 1453
• John Talbot's army is killed along with himself
22. Result of the Hundred Years War
• There remained aspirations in the British to reclaim land
• Nationalism developed
• Englishmen became Englishmen and Frenchmen became Frenchmen
• You were defined by your king and queen and your country
• This is the beginning of modern Europe