As England could not afford the lose of its most impotant trade station , she had todeclare war on France.

1. THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: THE
CENTURY OF WAR, PLAGUE
AND DISORDER.
War with Scotland and
France.

2. 1328: England gave up its claim to take over
Scotland for some time after unsuccessful
attempts.
The Scots made an Alliance with France: “The
Auld Alliance.” It lasted into the 16th century.
England`s troubles with France resulted because
the French King wanted to control all his nobles.
One of the most troublesome: the duke of
Burgundy.

3.  King of France interfered with England`s trade.
 Gascony traded its fines wines for England`s corn and
wollen cloth.
 In 1324 he took part of Gascony. It was a direct threat to
England`s wealth.
 England threatened Burgundy by stopping wool exports.
So the duke of Burgundy had to make an Alliance with
England against France.
 In 1337, Edward III declared the war. It was called “The
Hundred Years War”
 At 1st, the English army was more successful than the
French in the battlefield because its previous wars in Wales
and Scotland.

4.  In 1360, Edward III gave up his claim to the French throne.
 The French recognised his ownership of Aquitance,
Normandy, Brittany, the port of Callais. But it did not
mean war had ended because the French King accepted
that situation unwillingly.
 True to “The Old Alliance”, the King of Scotland had
attacked England in 1346. but he was defeated and taken
prisioner.
 English forces destroyed Edinburgh.
 Edward III allowed the French to ransom the Scot king and
he gave up trying to control Scotland.
 For a while there was peace but the struggle between
France and England lasted into the 15th century.