How a 1,000-Year-Old Law Started the Hundred Years' War
Medieval Europe

How a 1,000-Year-Old Law Started the Hundred Years' War

A French nobleman took the crown in 1328, and within a decade his claim had ignited a war that would last a hundred years.

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Medieval EuropeFranceEnglandHundred Years WarDynastic SuccessionLegal History14th CenturyButterfly Effect

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