The Consequences Of TheHundred Years War: Short/Long Terms

The Consequences Of TheHundred Years War: Short/Long Terms

1. Impact on France and England at the time

   • Some areas of France (Normandy) were devastated during the fighting
     • Armies on both sides seized crops and animals and stole any riches they could find
       • On both sides a lot of ordinary men died.
         • The English had fewer casualites
     • Many English deaths were from dusentary rather than destruction from the battlefiield
     • If an army retreated they would brun buildings behind them so that the advancing enemy wouldn't get it

2. The Cost of War

   • The high cost of weapons was very expensive , so was food, armour and horses. War was expensive
     • Both the French and English had to pay higher taxes for the was frequently
     • By the end off the war, the English army lost wealthy French Regions like Normandy and Aquitaine.
       • Some Englishmen got very rich from the stolen goods taken from France

3. The Military Impact

   • The war changed how battles were fought
     • Before the Hundred Years War, the knights were on horseback , which made the fighting powerful
       • However, it was the archers, firing a lot of arrows which led the great victory in Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt
     • Soon the ordinary foot soldiers were the key element than the calvary men

4. The Birth of English Identity

   • The Hundred Years war caused the two countries to forge their own identities
     • England and France have been connected since the days when William, Duke of Normandy, defeated Harold
       • England stopped using French as its official language.
         • It was seen as "enemy language"
           • The common language, English, began to develop. Kings started using the language
             • They called themselves as 'English'
     • A much more unified country developed against the French
       • The Scots and everyone else; Crécy, Agincourt and other major battles gave English the sense of pride and unique identity.
     • English lost territories in France
       • England became less involved in relations with the rest of Europe
     • England's outlook and aims were focused on lands out of Europe

5. French Unity

   • France had long been a collection of seperate territories
     • A great number of the powerful, important French nobles who controlled the areas were killed
     • As a result, the king of France emerged more powerful
     • The high cost of paying for the war led the French to set up a better system of taxing the whole country