Hundred Years' War

noun

1. the series of wars between England and France, 1337–1453, in which England lost all its possessions in France except Calais.

Hundred Years' War

noun

1. the series of wars fought intermittently between England and France from 1337–1453: after early victories the English were expelled from all of France except Calais

Hundred Years' War

1. A war between France and England that lasted from the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth. The kings of England invaded France, trying to claim the throne. Toward the end of the war, Joan of Arc helped rally the French, who finally drove out the English.

Example Sentences

Agincourt refers to a battle England won against France in 1415, as part of the Hundred Years' War.

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With the Hundred Years' War against England came soldiers reaving and burning through the countryside, while the Black Death followed swiftly thereafter, striking Burgundy in 1348 and again, with even greater severity, in 1360.

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It is thought to have been worn in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War by Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - when English forces beat the French to the south of Calais.

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The cathedral played a role in the Hundred Years' War: in 1431, King Henry VI of England was crowned there as King of France to assert English claims to the throne across the Channel.

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However, as long-standing conflicts like the Hundred Years' War engulfed Europe, those part-time soldiers who fought because it was their duty would no longer cut it.

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