100 year War

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How are you today

• Really sad, my team lost last night.

• Great, Not into footy so feeling zen

• Stressed, anxious - I need a holiday.

• Feeling awesome, go the mighty maroons.

The Hundred Years’ War

The Decline of Feudalism

The Hundred Years’

War

-1337-1453 England and
France fought over control of
French lands

-Weakened feudalism

-English kings claimed lands as
their own, but French
disputed this

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War meant that ..

• More taxes had to be paid.

• Toilet paper ran out

• There was a lot of crying at night

• People forgot to renew their netflix subscriptions.

Early English Successes

-English was outnumbered, but won most of the
early battles

-The reason was two different fighting styles

-French:

-Horse-mounted nobles or knights

-Wore heavy armor

-Could hardly move if not on horseback

-Weapons were swords or lances

-Crossbows were only effective at short range

-English:

-Light armor

-Longbows fired quicker and more accurate

Longbow

Crossbow

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Although the English were outnumbered, they won the early battles because...

• They had a full english breakfast before they fought.

• They were just tougher than the French

• They wore lighter armour, they were more agile and their weapons were more lethal.

• The French were too busy cathcing frogs to eat.

The French Fight Back

-1415 King Henry V invaded France after a long truce

-A truce is an agreed-upon halt in fighting

-French was stronger for a few reasons:

-Started using more modern tactics

-Recruited army from commoners and paid them

-New sense of national identity and unity

-Joan of Arc inspired nationalism (pride in your country)

-Girl claimed she heard saints telling her to save France

-Put on a suit of armor and went to fight

-Led French army to victory in Battle of Orleans

-English accused her of being a heretic and burned her at the stake

-A heretic is a person who holds beliefs contrary to the church

Impact of the Hundred Years’ War

-French defeated the English

-Joan was made a saint by the Roman Catholic
Church 500 years later

-How it contributed to the decline of
Feudalism:

-Shifted power from lords to monarchs to commoners

-Both sides collected taxes and raised large
professional armies

-Kings no longer relied on nobles to supply knights

-Military technology made knights and castles less
useful

-Nationalism shifted power away from lords

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Nationalism is ...

• Pride in country

• A type of pasta

• Belief in the afterlife

• All of the above