The score of conflictive encounters between
the English and the French, referred to collectively as the
Hundred Years War, was started by the resentment felt by the
English, due to the fact that Phillip VI failed to honor the
pledges he had made to restore a part of Guienne to England.
The English King Edward III and his armies first took control
of the English Channel, and then invaded France from the Low
Countries. Edward III of England assumed the title of king
of France.
This was a devastating time for France and the war left a
lot of misery in the land, with the war, famine and plague
taking its toll on the population.
