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What two nations were the primary combatants of the Hundred Years' War?
France and England
Spain and Portugal
Italy and Germany
Russia and England
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For how many years did the Hundred Years' War actually last?
97
100
104
116
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The primary reason which the Hundred Years' War was fought was over the unsure succession to the throne of what European country?
France
Italy
Prussia
Russia
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The Hundred Years' War defined much of what period of European history?
The Late Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The Early Middle Ages
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In the Hundred Years' War, the French supported what noble house to ascend to the nation's throne?
The House of Valois
The House of Burgundy
The House of Tudor
The House of Lafayette
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The English supported what noble house to ascend to the throne of France during the Hundred Years' War?
The House of Bourbon
The House of Plantagenet
The House of Timotheus
The House of Verdun
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What is the common historical name given to the first phase of the Hundred Years' War which took place between 1337-1360?
The Edwardian Phase
The Cepetian Phase
The Lancastrian Phase
The Castillon Phase
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The Edwardian Phase of the Hundred Years' War takes its name from Edward, a commander of England's armies. What is the common nickname attached to this Edward of England?
The Rose of War
Ed the Impaler
The Black Prince
The Lion's Lance
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What is the name of the 1346 battle where the French launched a hasty attack against the English only to be routed by King Edward III of England's and Edward the Black Prince's longbow archers?
The Battle of Navarre
The Battle of Nardis
The Battle of Crecy
The Battle of Lambourne
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In the initial years of the Hundred Years' War, France made an alliance with what nation north of England in order to attack England from two sides?
Sweden
Scotland
Spain
Luxembourg
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The Hundred Years' War happened to be one of the first major European wars where cannons were utilized. What is the term for a military attachment that employs cannons or other high caliber weapons against their enemies?
Sabotage
Artillery
Espionage
Cavalcade
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The Battle of Poitiers was a disaster for the French forces because it allowed for what King of France to become kidnapped and ransomed by the English?
Anthony I
Louis V
Innocent II
John II
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What is the name of the second phase of the Hundred Years' War which took place between 1369-1389?
The Koskolov Phase
The Valentin Phase
The Gendarmes Phase
The Caroline Phase
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The Caroline Phase opened with France reconquering the lands that they lost as a result of what treaty which ended the Edwardian Phase?
The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Bretigny
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In 1328, the Hundred Years' War began to coalesce as a result of the death of what previous King of France?
Louis I
Charles IV
Stephen VI
Jean-Paul I
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Black Monday was an odd day during the Hundred Years' War where 1,000 English soldiers were killed by what?
A volcanic eruption
An earthquake
A swarm of locusts
A hail storm
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The Caroline Phase of the Hundred Years' War collapsed because of what illness that ravaged both participating countries?
The bubonic plague
Influenza
Polio
Scarlet fever
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As a result of the socioeconomic difficulties brought on by the bubonic plague, a peasant's revolt happened in England in 1381 against the rule of what king?
Henry VIII
Richard II
Thomas I
George III
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What is the name of the martyred rebel who began the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to largely protest the socioeconomic inequality caused by the plague and the expenses of the Hundred Years' War?
Francis Bacon
Thomas Finch
Albert Baker
Wat Tyler
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What is the common historical name given to the third and final phase of the Hundred Years' War?
The Capetian Phase
The Fremont Phase
The Lancastrian Phase
The Agnigorn Phase
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The beginning of the Lancastrian Phase saw what French state defect to England's side for promises of future favor?
Normandy
Burgundy
Riennes
Navarre
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What is the name of the famous warrior and saint who helped rally France's forces toward the end of the war and helped them win the ultimate victory?
Joan of Arc
Anne of Calais
Agatha of Nice
Ursula of Paris
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What 1429 siege/battle is considered the turning point of the Hundred Years' War as it saw France's forces destroy an English siege with the help of Joan of Arc?
The Siege of Burgundy
The Siege of Orleans
The Siege of Paris
The Siege of Marquette
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What Duke of Burgundy realigned himself with France after seeing the tides of the war shift during the middle Lancastrian Phase?
Claude the Wise
Morgan the Bald
Philip the Good
Dornan the Inquisitive
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One of the major breakthroughs for France during the Lancastrian Phase of the war was the Treaty of Arras which returned what capital city back to the French?
London
Vienna
Prague
Paris
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What 1421 battle saw England's military structure suffer a major blow with the death of Thomas Lancaster the heir-apparent of Britain itself?
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Channel
The Battle of the Bauge
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What 1415 battle of the Hundred Years' War saw the English revive the conflict with an early and decisive victory which would last until the Siege of Orleans?
The Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of the Thames
The Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Iberia
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What is the name of the French King who was placed on the throne to lead France onward to overall victory in the Hundred Years' War?
Charles the Victorious
Christopher of France
Louis the Splendid
Arnold the Fair
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What July 1453 battle was the final decisive French victory of the war overall?
The Battle of Le Panto
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Castillon
The Battle of Ceranne
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England's major losses during the Hundred Years' War caused what other infamous war to break out in 1455 between the noble houses of Lancaster and York?
The Grenadiers War
The Cadet War
The Seven Years' War
The War of the Roses
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