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Hundred Years' War
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Hundred Years' War
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(Historical Terms) the series of wars fought intermittently between England and France from 1337-1453: after early victories the English were expelled from all of France except Calais
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Noun1.Hundred Years' War - the series of wars fought intermittently between France and EnglandHundred Years' War - the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453
battle of Crecy, Crecy - the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois


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An important factor for this peaceful cohabitation is a long if tangled mutual history that includes the Hundred Years War in the Middle Ages, and a more recent ban on churches poaching each other's followers.
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It lists the service records of medieval soldiers, including 250,000 who fought in the Hundred Years War between 1337 and 1453.
 
 
 
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