WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

EUROPEAN NATION STATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did England and France fight in the Hundred Years’ War?
A
English kings wanted to enforce their claims on French lands.
B
The Pope refused to settle the dispute.
C
English kings refused to enforce Catholicism in their French lands.
D
To reclaim the Holy Land and control Jerusalem.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hundred Years’ War (French: La guerre de Cent Ans; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hundred Years’ War, (1337–1453)Intermittent armed conflict between England and France over territorial rights and the issue of succession to the French throne. It began when Edward III invaded Flanders in 1337 in order to assert his claim to the French crown.

Detailed explanation-3: -It began principally because King Edward III (r. 1327-1377) and Philip VI (r. 1328-1350) escalated a dispute over feudal rights in Gascony to a battle for the French Crown. The French eventually won and gained control of all of France except Calais.

Detailed explanation-4: -War between England and France from 1337 to 1453, with political and economic causes and consequences. It was generally caused by a disagreement in the inheritance of the French Throne. This was the longest war in European history, lasting 116 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -The name the Hundred Years’ War has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453.

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