How did the hundred year war start-?

Answer 1

The Hundred Year's War was fought for territorial control within France and England. France's nights and nobles were all strapped for money after the Black Death had taken it's toll on Europe.

King Philip IV of France had invaded the English province called Guienne. England's King, Edward III responded by saying that he was the rightful king of France, because his mother was the daughter of Philip IV, the fair (ruler earlier in the century.

Another very real reason of the conflict was the vassal status of the English dominions in France, reaffirmed by the treaty of Paris of 1259. Indeed no king of France seemed to be happy noticing how large the portion of the French land occupied and ruled by an English monarch was and no king of England could happily accept to do feudal homage to another monarch whom he regarded as his equal. Furthermore, to worsen the matter, there were two type of feudal homage to do:

the simple homage with which, for example, the King of England but officially only as Duke of Aquitaine, acknowledged to be vassal of the King of France and paid homage for, or

the "full homage", with which the King of England paid homage, as vassal to the King of France and acknowledged the King of France to be the suzerain of the Duchy of Aquitaine .

The first one would had been generally accepted by the English Kings.

The second one would had been generally claimed by the French King, giving then the young Edward III enough ground to officially open the hostility, supported by other

more or less justified reasons.

A:

War was the natural order between medieval factions. The Nobility was born raised and lived for war. The best oppurtunity for social advancement was by distinguishing yourself in battle and earning the respect of your Lord or King.

The best oppurtunity for financal advancement was capturing a rival noble and selling him for ransom or possibly being granted more land for a particuarly spectacular acheivement.

If a Country wasn't at war with Another Country the Nobles would find ways to fight against each other, or worse against the King himself, so it was far better for Kings to find other people to fight against than allow their Knights to get bored at home.

The position decribed above had been an issue since the Normans had invaded England. Although the conquest of England gave the Normans a huge amount of land and power it was very difficult to control because it spread at times from the North of Scotland to the Spanish borders of Southern France.

For a long time the Normans divided their possesions between themselves with one son taking the titles of Normandy and Anjou and another the crown of England. Whenever one man tried to rule overall he would be attacked from France if he was occupied in England or by Scotalnd if he was occupied in France, evenually being pressed from both sides. Dividing the territory made the Normans individually weaker than the French and obliged to pay homage, uniting the territory made it impossible to control and defend, expanding it further as happened during the series of these wars, made the situation even worse. The more land the English controlled, the weaker that control became If your control over your territory was weak then someone who thoought they were stronger would attack you.

Answer 2

The war started when the english and the french both wanted to own France.

Answer 3

The war started when the english and the french both wanted to own France.

Answer 4

The Hundred Year's War was fought for territorial control within France and England. France's nights and nobles were all strapped for money after the Black Death had taken it's toll on Europe.

King Philip IV of France had invaded the English province called Guienne. England's King, Edward III responded by saying that he was the rightful king of France, because his mother was the daughter of Philip IV, the fair (ruler earlier in the century.

Another very real reason of the conflict was the vassal status of the English dominions in France, reaffirmed by the treaty of Paris of 1259. Indeed no king of France seemed to be happy noticing how large the portion of the French land occupied and ruled by an English monarch was and no king of England could happily accept to do feudal homage to another monarch whom he regarded as his equal. Furthermore, to worsen the matter, there were two type of feudal homage to do:

the simple homage with which, for example, the King of England but officially only as Duke of Aquitaine, acknowledged to be vassal of the King of France and paid homage for, or

the "full homage", with which the King of England paid homage, as vassal to the King of France and acknowledged the King of France to be the suzerain of the Duchy of Aquitaine .

The first one would had been generally accepted by the English Kings.

The second one would had been generally claimed by the French King, giving then the young Edward III enough ground to officially open the hostility, supported by other

more or less justified reasons.

A:

War was the natural order between medieval factions. The Nobility was born raised and lived for war. The best oppurtunity for social advancement was by distinguishing yourself in battle and earning the respect of your Lord or King.

The best oppurtunity for financal advancement was capturing a rival noble and selling him for ransom or possibly being granted more land for a particuarly spectacular acheivement.

If a Country wasn't at war with Another Country the Nobles would find ways to fight against each other, or worse against the King himself, so it was far better for Kings to find other people to fight against than allow their Knights to get bored at home.

The position decribed above had been an issue since the Normans had invaded England. Although the conquest of England gave the Normans a huge amount of land and power it was very difficult to control because it spread at times from the North of Scotland to the Spanish borders of Southern France.

For a long time the Normans divided their possesions between themselves with one son taking the titles of Normandy and Anjou and another the crown of England. Whenever one man tried to rule overall he would be attacked from France if he was occupied in England or by Scotalnd if he was occupied in France, evenually being pressed from both sides. Dividing the territory made the Normans individually weaker than the French and obliged to pay homage, uniting the territory made it impossible to control and defend, expanding it further as happened during the series of these wars, made the situation even worse. The more land the English controlled, the weaker that control became If your control over your territory was weak then someone who thoought they were stronger would attack you.

Answer 5

The events leading up to this war was that the king of england William I died, But had no heir to the thorne. His son abdictaed from being the king of england because he wanted to be the duke of normady. So the kings brother, William II, took the throne. But the duke of normady did not like his brother being the king, so he sent "raiders" to invade the coast of england. King William II retaliated by sending raiders to invae the coast of normady. This went on for 14 years. Then King William II died, So now the new king of england was Henry I because william II had no kids or wife. King Henry I invaded and took over normady, captured his brother, stabed both his eyes out, and brought him back to england until his death several years later. But the later king Phillip IV, didnt stop there. He invaded all of france, cauing unltimate feud for several 100 years. They went to war for a hundred years. So that is the ause of the hundred years war.

Answer 6

The war started when the english and the french both wanted to own france.

Answer 7

The Hundred Years' war started when the English and French both wanted to own France. But only one could be the ruler of France so they fought over it.