By: Abby and Alexis
THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
1. Who was the war was between?
The 100 years war was fought between the English and French.
2. Why did it start?
It started because the french tried to take over British land and they English people didn’t like that. Another reason is because of the relationship between the king of england and the king of france.
3. What were its effects on government and military?
Military- many people died so they had to keep bringing people in to fight even if they weren’t 100% prepared.
Government- Nationalism has a rather negative connotation these days, but as it emerged in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it was generally a positive force that encouraged the growth of English culture and gave the beleaguered French something to believe in.
The war forced the two countries, united in language and culture since the days of William the Conqueror, to forge their own identities. England, for example, stopped using French as its official court language during the course of the war. France, long a collection of semi-autonomous fiefdoms, became a unified nation, and the king, “first among equals” for much of the Middle Ages, began to take on greater and greater authority, culminating in the absolute monarchies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which in turn led to the French Revolution.
4. How did it end?
It ended when France had taken over all of the english territory.
5. How this in turn contributed to the end of the Middle Ages?
The kings were dead, and not very many people trusted them now, so they stopped listening to the new kings and that contributed to the end of the middle ages.
The 100 years war was fought between the English and French.
2. Why did it start?
It started because the french tried to take over British land and they English people didn’t like that. Another reason is because of the relationship between the king of england and the king of france.
3. What were its effects on government and military?
Military- many people died so they had to keep bringing people in to fight even if they weren’t 100% prepared.
Government- Nationalism has a rather negative connotation these days, but as it emerged in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it was generally a positive force that encouraged the growth of English culture and gave the beleaguered French something to believe in.
The war forced the two countries, united in language and culture since the days of William the Conqueror, to forge their own identities. England, for example, stopped using French as its official court language during the course of the war. France, long a collection of semi-autonomous fiefdoms, became a unified nation, and the king, “first among equals” for much of the Middle Ages, began to take on greater and greater authority, culminating in the absolute monarchies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which in turn led to the French Revolution.
4. How did it end?
It ended when France had taken over all of the english territory.
5. How this in turn contributed to the end of the Middle Ages?
The kings were dead, and not very many people trusted them now, so they stopped listening to the new kings and that contributed to the end of the middle ages.
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