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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

France and England at war

So before the black death there were two forces fighting each other, the French and the English. But when the black death came around the two forces lost to many men and stopped fighting while the black death was going on but right after the black death they started fighting again. The king of England Henry V, told the king of France Charles VI that if he didn't give him his land and his daughter Kathrine then he would take his army and take him over. Charles VI knew that if he gave him his land then he would take his crown and he didn't want that, he also knew if he gave him his daughter then he might have children and say that France is his because of Kathrine. So he declined and with his message the Dauphin of France (or the prince) sent some tennis balls and told him to play tennis instead of attacking and use his energy for hitting the ball. When Henry V read this he was very mad, he sent a letter back and he told the dauphin that he would take his army and take him over. And so he did. He went and fought but he lost a lot of soldiers and wanted to go back home and try again next year because winter was beginning and it was getting cold. But the French did not let him have another try, they stopped him from going back home and they wanted to finish the English once and for all. Henry V knew that he was out numbered but he had no choice but to fight so he gave his men a speech and they set off to fight very strongly and they won the battle. Then the English went to take over more of France but one of the French citys was very precious and they could not afford to lose it so they put their men in their to garrison. It was called Orleans. The English surrounded it and put a siege up. But lucky for the French Joan of Arc popped up and she said she was sent by God. The people believed in he but the king not so much. He wanted to send her away but the servant insisted. The king wanted to know if she was really sent by God so he disguised himself and gave his crown and robe to a knight and called Joan of Ark in. She walked straight to the king and kneeled down and told him that she wanted to save him and help him have his crown back. So she took the army and her men fought ferociously they won the battle and went on to conquer more. Soon they conquered a city and they gave the king his crown back. But after this Joan of Arc got captured and she was put on trial but all of the people that like Joan of Arc were not aloud to be there. Soon she was executed and burned on the fire. The King did not do anything until 25 years after that! She was found innocent. The king started to feel bad once he got older. Henry V got Kathrine as his wife and they had children but he died shortly after that and his son a 1 year old became king.

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