The Hundred Years War
In 1337 AD, the last
Capetian king of France died, and Edward III,
the king of England, tried to take control of the leaderless country.
The French lords chose a new king, who tried to fight the English soldiers
and get them out of France, but he couldn't do it. In fact, the king
was losing more and more of France to the English, until he really only
controlled a little tiny piece of France in the north. (He was a pretty
weak king).
Then a teenager named Joan heard God
talking to her in a field, where she was taking care of her father's
sheep. She said God told her to
go lead the French army to victory over the English. She left her village,
which was called Arc, and went to the French army. The men laughed at
Joan of Arc and said how could she lead the army, when she didn't know
anything about fighting? But she did lead them anyway, and instead of
losing they began to win. Joan of Arc led the French army to many victories,
but then the English caught her and took her prisoner. The English said
that Joan of Arc was a witch, and after a long trial they burned her
alive.
But now even without Joan of Arc the French were winning anyway. By
1453, the French got the English out of France entirely, and the English
never controlled France again after that.
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