Hundred Years war
The Hundred Years War was similar to that of the Civil War in my opinion. It was said to have been started by the English king, Edward III. In 1328 when Charles IV, king of France died without a male heir, Edward III claimed the throne via his mother who was Charles IV sister. The French however choose the first cousin of Charles IV, Phillip VI of Valios over Edward III. Edward III was a vassal of Phillip. He held several sizable French territories as fiefs from the King of France. The biggest reason in my opinion for the Hundred Years War was the conflict over Flande
The peasants grew tired of this mistreatment so they revolted. For the next six years Edward led several battles with the French and in 1356 the English won their greatest battle, were they took the French king, John II captive back to England. In 1360 England forced the Peace of Bretigny on the French, which declared an end to King Edwards vassalage to the king of France. This sparked urban rebellion by merchants and the trade guilds. France depended on wool, which came from England. Money got so tight that the peasants were forced to pay an increase in taxes and to fix war damaged properties without compensation. This affected both England and France because the French were unable to make money from the cloth and the English were unable to make money from selling the wool. This caused a complete breakdown of political order to France. After the death of Edward, the English had their own little uproar amongst the peasants. Angry over this event they organized a revolt, led by Jacob van Artevelde, against the French and in 1340 signed an alliance with England acknowledging Edward III as king of France. In return, Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. Edward III had all exporting of wool stopped. From then until Edwards's death in 1377 the French fought the English all the way from the inner most parts of France to the coast.
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