Notes 9/16

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/hundred_years_war_01.shtml
• The 100 years war is NOT ACTUALLY 100 YEARS LONG! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
• There were no Zombies. 
• Occurred from 1337- 1453
• Phillip VI confiscated Edward III land, and then Edward questions Phillips right to be in charge of France. 
• It starts out and everyone is like claiming different lands as their own, and so the war breaks out. 
• King John(signed Magna Carta) signed away English land in Normandy in 1204 because he didn't want it. 
• Henry III, his successor, signed the treaty of Paris, giving up that land in Normandy for good. 
• England couldn't respond so much to what was happening there because they were fighting the Scots. (remember? With William Wallace and Robert the Bruce?)
• France was an ally to the Scots for a short time so that they could destabilize England.
  France and England hate each other. 
• That brings up to Phillip VI as king of France. Because England and Scotland are fighting, he sees this as his moment and confiscates the remaining land in northern France. 
• Edward III challenges Phillip and then boom the 100 year was breaks out. 
• Not only does Edward question Phillip as the true ruler of France, but he also has himself declared the King of France. 
• Edward sees that many of the French princes are actually pretty dissatisfied with the monarchy back home, so he starts luring them into his court. Among these princes was a family called the Flemings. The other family, the Montfort family is also claiming land and the Flemings and the Montforts are having conflicts. 
• (NOTE: EDWARD I FIGHTS THE SCOTS, EDWARD III CLAIMS THE FRENCH THRONE.)
• The Black Prince
• their were raids back and forth between England and France at this time, especially from the English. Edward II struck a major victory at the city of Crecy in 1346 and at Calais, so the English are winning in the beginning, so much so that Edward's heir, who comes to be known at the black prince, leads raids through the Bordeaux region, which is the wine country of France. 
• Edward thinks that he's got this in  the bag, so he makes a move into the city of Rheim thinking that he is going to be hailed as a conqueror, but the city says nope and holds them off
• The treaty of Bretigny- the French will pay the engliush a certain sum, and in return edward II will drop his claim to the French throne'
• 1359- the treaty breaks down. Charles V has a very influential right hand man, Bertrand Guesclin, and they managed to kick the British out of some of the remaining ares of Aquitaine in Northern France. 
• But Charles V dies only 11 or so years into this. And we have go t the rise of a new English King, Richard II
• We are now in 1380, and the people are tired of the war. Richard II nearly gained a permanent peace with France. However, he winds up losing the kingship, and the rivalries between Britain and France look like they are going to plunge both countries into even deeper war. 
• In 1413, Henry V takes the British back into France for the purpose of finalizing this thing. 
• Henry V meets the french at Agincourt on 25 October, 1415
• The English army is vastly outnumbered by the French. 
• October 25 is Saint Crispin's day, and the French were approaching, and they were greatly outnumbered. 
• They fight the French, and they defeat them. 
• This goes down as one of the greatest victories in English history. 
• People say that this is the real turning point in the war. Several French city's fall to the English, including Rouen.