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The Hundred Years' War began in May, 1337. It was a series of wars in Europe. France and England had been old enemies. The war was started for many reasons.
The first reason is that King Phillip VI tried to seize the English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine. England tried to take the French throne. The second reason is that because of their historical feudal orders, France and England broke away from one another (Allmand 7). The third reason was The Battle for Flanders. Flanders was the industrial center of northern Europe. It had become very prosperous through its cloth manufacture. To satisfy its market, it needed more wool. So they imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. The upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine during the 1200s.
Note that beer and wine were very important elements in the medieval diet. Both contain vitamin and yeast complexes that the medieval diet,......

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