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The 100 Years War between England and France was caused by disputes over land holdings and Edward III's claim to the French throne. It involved many battles between the two countries from 1337 to 1443, with the English initially gaining victories at battles like Crecy. Joan of Arc helped rally the French around Charles VII and lift the English siege of Orleans in 1429, shifting momentum back to France. The Black Death plague arrived in Europe from Sicily in 1348 and killed an estimated one-third of the European population, creating labor shortages. The late medieval Catholic Church faced challenges to its authority, such as King Philip IV of France's attempts to tax the clergy without papal approval, leading to conflicts with popes like Bon

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The 100 Years War between England and France was caused by disputes over land holdings and Edward III's claim to the French throne. It involved many battles between the two countries from 1337 to 1443, with the English initially gaining victories at battles like Crecy. Joan of Arc helped rally the French around Charles VII and lift the English siege of Orleans in 1429, shifting momentum back to France. The Black Death plague arrived in Europe from Sicily in 1348 and killed an estimated one-third of the European population, creating labor shortages. The late medieval Catholic Church faced challenges to its authority, such as King Philip IV of France's attempts to tax the clergy without papal approval, leading to conflicts with popes like Bon

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Ch 9 Study Guide

100 Years War 1337-1443


CAUSES -English king Edward 3rd grandson of Philip the fair of France made a claim
to the French throne when the French king Charles IV, last son of Philip the Fair,
died without a male heirinstead put Philip VI of Valois
-England and France were always in conflict over landEngland had many French
Fiefs, threatened the royal policy of centralization, fought over control of Flanders-
under English influence, use English wool for manufacture of cloth
COURSE To raise money for war, France depreciated the currency and borrowed
heavily from Italy, king created Estates General to levy taxes at kings request,
English were militarily superior, mediocre French leadership
1346: Edward attacked Normandy, culminated in the Battle of Crecy, seized Calais
1358: to secure their rights, French upper class forced peasantry to pay high taxes,
and reparations peasants rebelled known as Jacquerie, but was put down
1360: English forced the Peace of Bretigny on France declared an end to Edward’s
vassalage to the king of France, affirmed his sovereignty over English territories in
France, had to pay a ransom of three mill gold coins to get King John the Good
released, France denied beat back English
1381: during reign of Richard II, June 1381 peasants and artisans revolted under
John Ball a priest and Wat Tyler a journeyman, stopped but left country divided
1415: Henry V struck hard in France, defeated opposition led by the count of
Armagnac Burgundians decided to join forces with France after this, but after
assassination of their duke in September 1419 joined forces with English
1422: the Treaty Of Troyes disinherited the legitimate heir to the French Throne,
proclaimed Henry V the successor to Charles IV, both died in 1422Henry VI was
proclaimed to be king of both-son of Charles VI went into retreat in Bourges, became
king to most French people, came together
1429: Joan of Arc convinced Charles VII in March 1429 to let her take Orleans from
the English, English exhausted in Orleans when Joan arrived with French troops,
after seizing Orleans, France had many more victories because of Joan, Charles VII
soon received his crown in Rheims-ended the Treaty of Troyes Joan seized by
Burgundians, but Charles would not release her, executed her on May 30, 1431
-1435 duke of Burgundy made peace with Charles, united they forced England back

Black Death 1347-1350


-Late middle ages-9/10 of pop. Worked the land, three field system increased the
amount of arable land and food supplypopulation rising, and began to outstrip
food production
crop failures produced greatest famine of the Middle Ages-great suffering in big
cities made Europe very vulnerable to plague
- Black Death appeared in Sicily in 1347, entered Europe through port cities in
1348, spread through Spain, Northern France, and Northern Europe
-Doctors had no cure for plague many different ideas in pop. over cause,
flagellants
- As the number of farm laborers decreased, their wages rose and also skilled
artisan’s many serfs chose different jobs
- Peasants became oppressed, 1351 English Parliament passed Statue of Laborers,
which limited wages to preplague levels, and restricted peasants ability to leave
land of their traditional mastersEnglish peasants revolted in 1381
Late Medieval Church
Pope Boniface VIII 1294-1303: took a strong stand against French and English
taxation of the clergy as an assault on traditional clerical rights
Feb 5, 1296 issued Clericis Laicos- forbade lay taxation of the clergy without prior
papal approval and took back all previous papal dispensationsedward I retaliated
by denying the clergy the right to be heard in royal court, Philip the Fair Aug 1296
forbade the exportation of money from France to Rome-Boniface allowed Philip to
tax French clergy in an emergency

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