Edward III, 1327-1377
- came to the throne at age 15, his
mother and her lover ran things for the first three years - 1338, the outbreak of the 100 years
war with France (France wanted the English off the continent and the English wanted to
stay) - 1346, the English won the battle of Crecy
(outnumbered by the French, what
saved the English were “lower-class” bowmen - leads to a gradually increasing political
influence of the ‘lower’ classes)
- 1356, the English won the battle of
Poitiers (another small English army with bowman beat a huge French army, and captured the
king of France) - because of the war, the power of parliament grew - during his reign
the House of Commons and the House of Lords are
seen in history for the first time
- 1348-1349 - the Black Death (bubonic
plague) strikes Europe - a third to a half of the population (depending on the area)
dies
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