1. Villem Valgi Jürgen Lätte Martti Vaske Sander Suurpere
The Plantagenets 11
Villem Valgi
Jürgen Lätte
Martti Vaske
Sander Suurpere

2. 100 Years’ War From 1337 to 1453 (116 years)
Between the royal houses of France and England
For the throne of France
Edward III Philip VI

3. Background

4. The War Battle of Crécy 1346 Battle of Poitiers 1356
Battle of Agincourt 1415
Besiege of Orléans and
Joan of Arc 1429
Battle of Castillon 1453

5. Importance
End of chivalry
Firearms and artillery
National feeling

7. The Wars of the Roses From 1455 to 1485
Between the House of Lancaster and the House of York
Fought for the throne of England

8. Major Causes both houses were direct descendents of king Edward III
the ruling Lancastrian king, Henry VI, had lost all the lands on the continent of France
The unprodictable episodes of mental illness by king Henry VI

9. The Campaign and the End of the Wars
22 May 1455 the battle of St Albans
1461 the Battle of Towton
1485 the Battle of Bosworth Field

11. Richard II ( )
The eight King of England of the house of Plantagenet
Son of Edward, the Black Prince and grandson of Edward III
Crushed the Peasant’s Revolt
Quarreled with Parliament
The commission of the ‘Lord Appellant’ was created
Abdicated in 1399
Murdered in 1400

12. Peasants’ Revolt (1381) Background
The Black Death had devistated Europe
The life of the serfs was really hard
The new poll tax

13. The revolt
7th June, 1381 – the Great Council where Wat Tyler was elected the leader of the rebellion
The rebels marched to London
14th June – meeting at Mile End
15th June – meeting at Smithfield where Tyler was murdered
The revolt was crushed at ST. John’s Fields

14. Coscequences Sowed the seed of democracy
The beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval England
Led to the reform of feudalism
Increased the rights of the serf class
Death of Wat Tyler

16. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer Written in Middle English
Two of the stories are in verse, other twenty two in prose
Influenced by The Decameron
G. Chaucer

17. Plot
A group of pilgrims are heading to Canterbury Cathedral, to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket
Character from different classes: monks, shipmen, yeomen, knights etc.
Everyone has to tell four stories during the pilgrimage
A woodcut from William Caxton's
second edition of the Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.

18. 'Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe
An example of the original text:
'Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe
I knowe ynogh, on even and a-morwe,'
Quod the Marchant, 'and so doon other mo
That wedded been.'

19. Canterbury Tales falls into the category of frame tale
The structure is largely linear
Canterbury Cathedral
The Tales is written during the time of the
Peasants’ Revolt

20. The End Thank You!