Whoever named the Hundred Years' War, just wanted to screw with us
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· 10 years ago
Or didn't know the term "ish". 100ish years war
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· 10 years ago
It was easier for them to round to 100 instead of calling it 116 year war and it's all because the French heirs bloodline ran out and so this European dude already owned like 75% of France so he thought he should be king and they where rasict and didn't like the Europeans so a war started
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· 10 years ago
What?
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· 10 years ago
What do you mean what the French where racist and where like " no way we aren't letting a European man run France" even though he owned more of it than they did
Because if you don't want an invader to run your country you're racist?!
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· 10 years ago
No, that was "they're racist, and ALSO"
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· 10 years ago
Where is racism in the 100 years war? In Middle Age the whole Europe was fighting for territories, and if trying to resist the invaders is racism, well, I think the whole world is racist.
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· 10 years ago
They were racist before the war. The French thought everyone else was inferior to them in all ways, especially the English
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· 10 years ago
You really think the English though they were inferior to the French?! There
have always been rivalry between French and English. I'm certainly not sayng the opposite. But this is not racism! Here the definition from the Oxford Dictionary:
Racism: The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
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Yes, and that's what the French thought of the English
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French and English are the same race. And I don't see racism here:
In 1328, Charles IV of France died. Charles did not have any sons to take over his land and all his brothers were dead. He did have a sister called Isabella. She was the mother of Edward III and Edward believed that because of this, he should be king of France. However, the French decided that a cousin of Charles, Philip, should be crowned king.
Edward was furious but he was not in a position to do anything in the late 1320’s. By 1337 he was ready to fight for what he believed was his and he declared war on Philip. Edward was not only willing to fight for what he believed was his - the crown of France - but also he feared that Philip was a threat to his possessions in France - Gascony and Ponthieu.
(http://www.historytoday.com/john-maddicott/origins-hundred-years-war)
have always been rivalry between French and English. I'm certainly not sayng the opposite. But this is not racism! Here the definition from the Oxford Dictionary:
Racism: The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
In 1328, Charles IV of France died. Charles did not have any sons to take over his land and all his brothers were dead. He did have a sister called Isabella. She was the mother of Edward III and Edward believed that because of this, he should be king of France. However, the French decided that a cousin of Charles, Philip, should be crowned king.
Edward was furious but he was not in a position to do anything in the late 1320’s. By 1337 he was ready to fight for what he believed was his and he declared war on Philip. Edward was not only willing to fight for what he believed was his - the crown of France - but also he feared that Philip was a threat to his possessions in France - Gascony and Ponthieu.
(http://www.historytoday.com/john-maddicott/origins-hundred-years-war)