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The Hundred Years’ War. Introduction The hundred years war refers to a series of wars fought between the royal families and by extension Kings in England and France during the period of the mid-14th and mid-15th century. The wars majorly pitted the dynasty ruling England known as the House of Plantagenet against the house of Valois, the dynasty ruling France at the time. The wars for control over the Kingdom of France took on a regional and multi-territorial dimension drawing in many neighboring participants and even involving territories beyond England and France. A chronological account of the war would, therefore, be appropriate in explaining the historical phases undergone, as well as how it ultimately shaped the societies involved. Causes While described as a battle or wars for the control of the Kingdom of France, the largest and most prosperous in Western Europe at the time, there were similarly causative or instigating factors that led to the war. Firstly, a region described as the Duchy of Guyenne or otherwise Atiquaine, greatly shaped the war in that while it originally belonged to the English Kings, the French Kingdom equally claimed it. Thus, while the English royalty sought to claim the territory, the French royalty, on the other hand, perceived it as part of the fiefdom of the French crown, and battles ensued over the territory. According to (Corrigan 22), King Philip of France in May 1337 announced a takeover of Atiquaine leading to an English response through a massive military buildup within the territories bordering France. Secondly, succession in France played another contributing factor to the wars; the death of the last of the Capetian Kings,
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