By: Paula Herrán

• FRANCE • THE WAR OF THE 100 YEARS

- History

- Territory - Dynasties who ruled

- What is it?- Causes

- Main battles

- Juana de Arco

• The name of France comes from the German people of the Francs.

• In this period, France was characterized by the formation of the geographical French space according to the agreements of Verdún and Ribemont, the formation of the national identity opposite to the neighboring countries and the feudalism as the political system.

• France in the Middle Ages occupied the territory which is occuppied now by a part of Germany, Holland, Belgium, part of Austria, Switzerland and France of nowadays.

•The Merovingians, descendants from Meroveo and Clodoveo.

• The Carolingians, descendants of Carlos Martel.

• The Capetos, then the Valois, descendants of Hugo Capeto.

What is the war of the 100 years?

The war of the 100 years (1337-1453) was an armed conflict between the kings of France and those of England. Finally, the English troop moved back from French lands.

• This war was for feudal reasons since its aim was the achievement of being the governor of the enormous possessions of the English monarches in French territories.

• The rivalry between France and England began with Hastings's battle, in which the French duke William of Normandy took possession of England. The Norman kings demanded the French king to be treated as an equal, but he did not want.

• Sluys's battle (English victory) • Crecy's battle (English decisive victory) • Site of Calais (English decisive victory) • Sainte's battle (English victory) • Ardres's battle (French victory) • Combat of the Thirties (combat corresponding

to the Breton Succession war, French victory) • Battle of Poitiers (English decisive victory)

Battle of Cocherel (1364) • Auray's battle (combat corresponding to the

Breton Succession war, English victory) • Nájera's battle (combat corresponding to the

First Castilian Civil war, Anglo-Castilian victory)

• Montiel's battle (combat corresponding to the First Castilian Civil war, French - Castilian victory)

• Agincourt's battle (English crucial victory) • Battle of the Herrings (part of Orleáns's Site,

English victory) • Jargeau's battle (part of the campaign of the

Loire, French victory) • Beaugency's battle (part of the campaign of

the Loire, French victory) • Patay's battle (French crucial victory) • Castillon's (last battle of the war, French final

victory battle)

• Juana of Arch, also known as the Maiden of Orléans, was born on January 6, 1412 in Domrémy. She was a heroine, military and holy French. His festivity is celebrated the day of the anniversary of his death, May 30, 1431.

• With 17 years she headed the royal French army. She convinced the king Charles VII that he should expel the English men from France and this thing would give to him authority on his army. Afterwards, she was captured by the Burgundians and delivered to the English men. The clergymen condemned her for heresy and the duke Juan de Bedford burned her live in Rouen.