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13. The Hundred Years War
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The Kings of England occupied a slightly strange place in medieval France.
You need to understand that nation states in the way that we understand them in the 21st century were not a concept that existed in the same form in the early Middle Ages.
Kings would grant lands to powerful magnates who would rule those areas with a considerable degree of autonomy. In return they would pay homage to the king.
Normandy is a case in point.
History in a nutshell...Viking raiders from Scandinavia had ravaged large parts of Europe.
In England we tend to see the…
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