The Hundred Years\' War

The Hundred Years War was a long, complicated war with it’s roots in political struggles, the want of Kings and the people of their nations to expand territory, and to take territory that they believe is theirs. This war lasted more than a century, from 1337-1453, and was a actually a series of wars broken only temporarily by treaties doomed to fail. The English king controlled much of France, particularly in the fertile South. …

…true winner of this war. Both sides suffered severe losses. Even for England when none of the war was fought in England. The cost for them was an amazing amount of more than five million pounds. The price, although not as much in dollars, may have been even greater. The English had laid waste to hundreds of thousands of acres of rich farm land, leaving the rural economy, and many parts of Franch in shambles.