• 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.

Origins of the War

• War breaks out in 1338 between England and France over who should become ruler of France

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

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

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

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

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

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