Through
politics and marriage,
France
came to serve England
As
vassal to the king.
France
reorganized
Centralized.
They
had enough of the English
Lording
over them
So
they took Aquitaine away.
The
third Edward,
Wanting
that land back,
Claimed
the seat where France sat.
Propaganda
Promising
plunder and victories
Flowed
through the English countryside.
The
people mobilized
Crossing
the Channel
To
start the War of a Hundred Years.
For
a time England triumphed
Gaining
ground in the continent.
A
victory by England’s king
In
the land of Crecy
Then
at Poitiers
Where
the old king was captured.
They
crowned the Dolphin man
To
bring control to the continent.
Mad
kings of France and England
Held
the fighting at bay.
In
the short lived first peace,
Small
raids were made
While
France and others
Fought
their Levantine crusades.
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