The term "Hundred Years' War" was adopted by later historians as a historiographical periodisation to encompass related conflicts, constructing the longest military conflict in European history.
Stronger national identities took root in both countries, which became more centralised and gradually rose as global powers. Both sides produced innovations in military technology and tactics, including professional standing armies and artillery, that permanently changed warfare in Europe chivalry, which reached its height during the conflict, subsequently declined. The war's effect on European history was lasting. For 116 years, interrupted by several truces, five generations of kings from two rival dynasties fought for the throne of France, the dominant kingdom in Western Europe. The Hundred Years' War was a significant conflict in the Middle Ages. The war grew into a broader power struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois. The Hundred Years' War ( French: La guerre de Cent Ans Picard: Dgère d'Un Chint An 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. A contested monarchy, exiled claimants, untrustworthy magnates, military expeditions – and uncertain pretenders. The Earl of Kildare, Gerald FitzGerald, Lord Deputy of Ireland and the Earl of Lincoln, John de la Pole, both strong supporters of the Yorkist cause during the Wars of the Roses were the scheming nobles seeking to displace Henry VII and his recently established House of Tudor. For despite the similarities to events and personalities portrayed in The Game of Thrones, the mercenaries in question were German and not from the Free Cities of Essos Dowager Duchess Margaret of Burgundy was their paymaster rather than Daenerys Targaryen Richard III was the king in question and the House of York the dynasty seeking restoration. Dublin in 1487 is frenetic with activity and tense with expectation. Rebellious lords and renegade members of the council plot a strategy to defeat the usurper who now holds the crown. These sellswords’ wages are paid for by the sister, well married abroad, of a deposed and supposedly tyrannical king who hopes her House can win back power. 236 2000 professional mercenaries from the east arrive to form part of an invasion force. You would do well to know about the lives of those who went before” Jamie Lannister, Feast for Crows, p. King in the West? Tracing the impact of Ireland’s myth and history in Game of Thrones “.the histories will open your eyes.
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