First Hundred Years' War
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The First Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts and disputes during the High Middle Ages in which the House of Capet, rulers of the Kingdom of France, fought the House of Plantagenet, rulers of
An illumination from a 14th century AD manuscript of the "Grandes Chroniques de France", depicting a battle between John I of England (r. 1199 – 1216 AD) and Philip II of France (r. 1180 – 1223 AD). Both kings are recognizable by their coats of arms; Philip II is identified by three pale gold fleur-de-lis on a blue field, while John wears three pale gold lions on a red field.
Contemporary miniature of Henry II from the Topographia Hibernica, c. 1186 – c. 1188
Philip Augustus (left) and Richard the Lionheart (right) at the Third Crusade
The Battle of Gisors, 1198, between Philip II Augustus (left) and Richard the Lionheart (right) (Chroniques de Saint-Denis (ou de France), 14th century)
Duchy of Aquitaine
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The Duchy of Aquitaine was a historical fiefdom located in the western, central, and southern areas of present-day France, south of the river Loire. The full extent of the duchy, as well as its name,
Aquitaine after the Battle of Poitiers (734–743)
England and France in 1259 and after 1271