The Hundred Years’ War was a long series of conflicts between England and France, lasting from 1337 to 1453. It began over disputes about land and succession to the French throne, after the English king Edward III claimed a right to rule France. What followed was not a single continuous war, but decades of fighting broken up by truces, raids, and renewed invasions. Early English successes were driven by strong leadership and the longbow, which proved devastating against French knights at...
