Hundred Years Wars (1337-1453)

The Hundred Years War

Historical tradition dates the Hundred Years War between England and France as running from 1337 to 1453. In 1337, Edward III had responded to the confiscation of his duchy of Aquitaine by King Philip VI of France by challenging Philip's right to the French throne, while in 1453 the English had lost the last of their once wide territories in France, after the defeat of John Talbot's Anglo-Gascon army at Castillon, near Bordeaux.

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This article is written by Maurice Keen, a great British medievalist, and it is published on the BBC website. This article is short but very complete and interesting, the article allows to see in broad lines the history of this war, in particular the fifth part on the armies, their composition and armament.