The Hundred Years War

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The Hundred Years War
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How did the war begin?

• French king Charles IV died in 1328 with no male
  heir
• two men attempted to claim the vacant throne
• 1. Edward III of England, grandson of Charles
  IV
• 2. Philip of Valois, nephew of Charles
• English armies attacked France

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Who was Joan of Arc and how did she change the
course of the war?
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• Young French peasant woman who was inspired by
  God to save France
• convinced Charles VII to let her lead an army
  against the English in 1429

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• helped push the English armies out of central
  France
• was captured, accused of heresy, and burned at
  the stake in 1431 was sainted in 1920

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The Location were Joan of Arc was burned on May
31, 1431.
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This is what remains of the old Town Plaza well
about 50 feet from where Joan was burned.
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How did the nature of warfare change?

• Longbows eliminated advantages of armor
• cannons could be used to blast holes in castles
• monarchs used armies recruited from common people

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How did the war contribute to the end of
feudalism in France?

• people became more patriotic, more devoted to
  the monarch than their feudal lord
• monarchs built huge armies with the taxes they
  collected, which reduced the power of nobles