Hundred years war, 1337-1453
Edward III of England asserts the French throne including English victories at Poitier and Crecy - continue for the next 40 years, but it is not until Henry V's victory at Agincourt in 1415 that an English monarch is answered affirmatively as the king of France's heir. Henry dies in 1422 - as does Charles VI of France - and his baby son is head ornamented King of England and France. Supporters of Charles VI's son continue following …show more content…
The Contending Kingdoms is basically the proceedings of a Society for Court Studies conference which took place in London in November 2004. The conference, and indeed this book, marked the 100th anniversary the entente-cordiale signed by Britain and France in 1904. The contributors, based principally in England and France, reflect on a century’s value of Anglo-French historical research. Framed between two agreements (Troyes and the Spanish Partition Treaties), the figurative hypothesis is that, despite bouts of lengthy battle, England and France enjoyed important periods of peace and cooperation which cultivated great cultural, political and commerce.
Moving on, the Anglo-French relations are not end here. They are continued with the Anglo-French defense agreement in 2010. David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy adopted an especially different tone as they both hailed a landmark 50-year Anglo-French treaty on defense and security, including a shared aircraft carrier group, a 10,000-strong shared expeditionary force and development of shared nuclear testing …show more content…
The two biggest defense monetary plans in Europe are recognizing that if we come together and work together we increase not just our joint capacity, but decisively we increase our own individual royal capacity so that we can do more things alone as well as together."
Sarkozy hailed the agreement in more enthusiastic terms: "This is a decision that is not seen before, and it shows a level of co-operation and confidence between our two countries, that is unique in history."
Cameron stressed Britain would keep the capacity to fight alone, but pointed out that British soldiers had in practice only operated sincerely independently twice in the past 30 years – in Sierra Leone and in the Falklands. Britain and France were natural partners as the third and fourth largest military groups in the world, he said, calling France a rational, reasonable and practical partner.
"It is the beginning of something new," Cameron said, adding: "The agreement is based on pragmatism, not only feeling." He made know that the agreements, likely to be subject to standing for election to government,