Edward III

Europe

England and France clash over the French throne in a conflict that lasts 116 years. It forges French national identity, transforms medieval warfare—longbowme…

• 1337 CE

  Hundred Years War begins

  England and France clash over the French throne in a conflict that lasts 116 years. It forges French national identity, transforms medieval warfare—longbowmen end chivalric cavalry charges—and produces the remarkable story of Joan of Arc.