This series of wars was between the House of Plantagenet (dynasty of England) and the House of Valois (France's rulers). The result determined the identities of modern England and France. To show how things changed, at the beginning of the war, feudal lords led mercenaries and peasants. By the end of the conflict, the war was handled by standing armies, specialized by professionals. Gunfire became part of the equation by the end of the wars.
This book is just what I was looking for; a short narrative to give me an overview of the entire thing. This version was particularly good because it gave the pressures that caused the wars to break out and why the various wars ended (each country ran out of money).
This book is just what I was looking for; a short narrative to give me an overview of the entire thing. This version was particularly good because it gave the pressures that caused the wars to break out and why the various wars ended (each country ran out of money).
