2 /27 Focus:

1. 2/27 Focus: • In the late Middle Ages, Europeans faced many challenges, including war and a deadly plague • Do Now: • Identify two effects of the Black Plague on Europe during the Middle Ages.

2. The Hundred Years War • Conflict between England and France from the mid 1300’s to the mid 1400’s.

3. Origins of the War • War breaks out in 1338 between England and France over who should become ruler of France

4. Origins of the War • French king dies in 1328 without a male heir • Had a sister named Isabella who had married an English king, Edward II • Son was Edward III • English King Edward III claimed the French throne

6. The Battle of Crecy • English used new weapons and tactics against armored French Knights • Longbow, cannons, gunpowder • English killed many French prisoners and wounded • Violated code of chivalry • Battle considered to mark the end of knights as an effective fighting force

7. Joan of Arc • French peasant girl who took command of the French army • believed that God had told her to lead the French in battle against the English • French prince allows her to take control of the army

8. Joan of Arc • She inspired the French soldiers to win a number of battles • English captured Joan of Arc and burned her at the stake 1431

9. The End of the War • French began to take back land they had lost to the English • By 1453, the French, had driven the English out of almost all of France • War comes to an end

10. Results of the War • Introduction of new weapons made knights and castlesobsolete • Showed that feudalism was no longer effective • Contributed to the end of the feudal system in France and England