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The 77 pages that link to Hundred Years' War, each with the reason it gives.

• Capetian dynastyRelated: The Valois branch’s succession claims helped frame the war’s origins.

• Salic lawRelated: The English claim drew on descent through Isabella, challenging the French male-line settlement.

• Kingdom of FranceRelated: Its outcome strengthened French royal authority and reshaped the kingdom's territory.

• Wars of the RosesNarrower topic: Its end left military leaders and political factions competing for influence at home.

• Geoffrey ChaucerRelated: Chaucer served in France during the conflict and traveled on royal business.

• Joan of ArcNarrower topic: Joan’s campaigns took place during this prolonged struggle for the French crown.

• Middle EnglishRelated: The war strengthened English’s status as a language of public life in England.

• Battle of AgincourtNarrower topic: Agincourt was a major campaign episode in this prolonged dynastic war.

• Battle of CrécyNarrower topic: Crécy was a major early English victory in this prolonged conflict.

• Charles VII of FranceNarrower topic: Charles’s reign turned the war toward France’s eventual victory.

• Edward III of EnglandNarrower topic: Edward’s claim to France initiated the conflict that defined much of his reign.

• Charles IV, Holy Roman EmperorNarrower topic: The war formed part of the wider dynastic politics in which Charles’s family was entangled.

• NormandyRelated: Normandy became a contested theater in the struggle over French territory.

• Philip IV of FranceRelated: Philip’s succession arrangements and the extinction of his male line preceded the dynastic crisis behind the war.

• Charles V of FranceNarrower topic: Charles’s strategy reversed English gains during this wider conflict.

• Henry VI of EnglandNarrower topic: Henry inherited its final phase, including English territories and the struggle to retain them.

• John of GauntRelated: Gaunt served in its campaigns and pursued a claim to the Castilian throne through marriage.

• Treaty of BrétignyNarrower topic: The treaty paused one phase of this prolonged conflict without resolving its causes.

• Duchy of AquitaineRelated: Aquitaine’s status and the English crown’s French possessions were central to the conflict.

• French royal domainRelated: The war disrupted royal control and later helped the monarchy recover and consolidate lands.

• House of LancasterRelated: War with France consumed resources and exposed weaknesses during Lancastrian rule.

• Treaty of TroyesNarrower topic: The treaty was an attempted settlement within this prolonged war.

• Peasants' RevoltRelated: War finance drove taxation that helped make the 1380 poll tax explosive.

• Charles the BoldNarrower topic: Its aftermath left France weakened, creating opportunities for the Burgundian dukes.

• Richard II of EnglandRelated: The war’s costs and military setbacks constrained the government Richard inherited.

• House of ValoisRelated: The succession dispute became a central cause of war between Valois France and England.

• Philip VI of FranceNarrower topic: Philip’s seizure of Guyenne and Edward III’s claim to the French crown helped trigger the war.

• Treaty of Paris (1259)Related: Disputes over the English kings’ French holdings formed part of the tensions that preceded the war.

• Battle of PoitiersNarrower topic: Poitiers was one of the war’s decisive English victories.

• Bertrand du GuesclinNarrower topic: The war framed Du Guesclin’s service and the campaigns he led for the French crown.

• Edward the Black PrinceNarrower topic: Edward’s military career unfolded within this prolonged struggle.

• Isabella of FranceNarrower topic: Isabella’s dynastic connections belonged to the royal politics that preceded the war.

• Margaret of AnjouNarrower topic: The war’s faltering English position framed the diplomacy that brought Margaret to the English throne.

• BordeauxRelated: The war ended English rule over Bordeaux and Aquitaine.

• Middle AgesBroader topic: Its conclusion coincided with political changes conventionally associated with medieval Europe's end.

• BastilleNarrower topic: The war created the military need for the fortress that later became the Bastille.

• CalaisNarrower topic: The war brought Calais under English control.

• Charles IV of FranceBroader topic: Edward III's challenge to the Valois succession became one cause of the war.

• Estates-GeneralRelated: War and fiscal strain helped make assemblies of the estates politically consequential.

• Order of the GarterRelated: The order’s foundation belongs to the military and dynastic world of this conflict.

• Siege of OrléansNarrower topic: The siege was a major episode in the war's struggle for control of France.

• Battle of CastillonNarrower topic: Castillon was the final major battle in the long struggle for English territories in France.

• Henry IV of EnglandNarrower topic: Henry’s reign included renewed conflict and diplomacy within the wider struggle over French territory.

• John II of FranceNarrower topic: The war defined John’s military and diplomatic priorities.

• Late Middle AgesBroader topic: The war reshaped French and English monarchy and warfare across much of the period.

• AquitaineRelated: English claims to Aquitaine helped sustain the war, while the region became a major theater.

• Channel IslandsRelated: Wartime rivalry shaped the islands’ defenses and their enduring separation from Normandy.

• Charles II of NavarreNarrower topic: Charles exploited its shifting alliances to pursue his interests between the warring kingdoms.

• Charles VI of FranceNarrower topic: Charles VI’s reign saw renewed English invasion and a major reversal of French fortunes.

• House of PlantagenetRelated: Its demands and defeats reshaped Plantagenet kingship and English claims in France.