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How Did The Hundred Years War Affect European Culture

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Europe during the 1300s had many things affecting their culture and way of life. There was war waging all over Europe and disease spreading just as quickly as the fighting. The society of the time was beginning to change, which brought on rebellions of the people who wished to have more control over everything hat was happening. The 14th century brought on a lot of turmoil for those living in Europe at the time and it seems like it was too much happening at one for most of the people living during this time.
One of the largest conflicts of the time was the Hundred Years War. The Hundred years war was a series of conflicts from 1337 until 1453 over which country had the right to the throne of France, the English or the French. After William of Normandy conquered England and his family retained control of the country it became a thought of the English monarchs that they had a right to the French throne through William. England had caused some problems for themselves in the war earlier with the signing of the Magna Carta. The magna carta was signed by king john on June 15, 1215 and was meant to make peace between the king and a group of rebel barons, by signing this the kings of England would lose some of the power they had and would affect them during the war. One …show more content…

The Black Death caused many of the government officials and political figures to become infected and eventually die. As more member of the government were affected by the plague, stability went to shambles because the government was helpless and had no strategy to deal with the plague's results. Physicians began to flee abroad to escape the disease leaving the people to suffer alone with no medical attention. When the government began to fall apart, foreign leaders began to step in and claimed power by setting up nation states that led to the powerful parties that controlled Europe during the

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