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2 /27 Focus: In the late Middle Ages, Europeans faced many challenges, including war and a deadly plague Do Now: Identify two effects of the Black Plague on Europe during the Middle Ages. The Hundred Years War. Conflict between England and France from the mid 1300’s to the mid 1400’s. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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• 2/27 Focus:– In the late Middle Ages, Europeans
faced many challenges, including war and a deadly plague
• Do Now: – Identify two effects of the Black
Plague on Europe during the Middle Ages.
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The Hundred Years War
• Conflict between England and France from the mid 1300’s to the mid 1400’s.
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Origins of the War
• War breaks out in 1338 between England and France over who should become ruler of France
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Origins of the War
• French king dies in 1328 without a male heir– Had a sister named
Isabella who had married an English king, Edward II• Son was Edward III
– English King Edward III claimed the French throne
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The Battle of Crecy
• English used new weapons and tactics against armored French Knights– Longbow, cannons,
gunpowder• English killed many
French prisoners and wounded– Violated code of chivalry
• Battle considered to mark the end of knights as an effective fighting force
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Joan of Arc• French peasant
girl who took command of the French army – believed that God
had told her to lead the French in battle against the English
– French prince allows her to take control of the army
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Joan of Arc
• She inspired the French soldiers to win a number of battles
• English captured Joan of Arc and burned her at the stake 1431
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The End of the War
• French began to take back land they had lost to the English
• By 1453, the French, had driven the English out of almost all of France
• War comes to an end
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Results of the War
• Introduction of new weapons made knights and castles obsolete
• Showed that feudalism was no longer effective
• Contributed to the end of the feudal system in France and England
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