Abstract: The hundred years’ war between England and France is extended from 1337 to 1453, the end of the war is considered to be one of the signs of closing the Middle Ages. The war brought heavy tragedies to England and French people. It also caused heavy losses to both countries. However, through the study on this period of history, people are going to see not only how the war was played, but also the influence of the war that accelerated the making the modern France and brought England a great change. As to England, the war consolidated the dominant positions of feudal nobles and knight's class of the country temporarily. Thus it delayed the process of the concentration of political power in England. And it also exerted a far-reaching influence on the national pattern which England would take in the future. This paper tries to give the narration of the sequence of the war affairs relevant to historical facts systematically, and find out some meaningful interpretations out of the historical facts so as to bring out a basic understanding of the war between France and England and the recognition of its historical interest to England.
Key Words: The Hundred Years' War; England; history
Introduction 1
1. Background 1
2. The Reasons for the Hundred Years' War 3
2.1 Political Reason 3
2.2 Land Reason 4
2.3 Economic Reason 4
3. The Course of the Hundred Years' War 5
3.1 The First Phase of the Hundred Years' War: 1337–1360 5
3.2 The Second Phase of the Hundred Years' War: 1369-1389 8
3.3 The Third Phase of the Hundred Years' War: 1415-1429 9
3.4 The Fourth Phase of the Hundred Years' War: 1429-1453 10
4. The Influences of the Hundred Years' War 11
4.1 Influence on Politics 11
4.2 Influence on Military 12
4.3 Influence on Society 13
