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The Crusades and the Hundred Years War
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During the Middle Ages, English kings also fought wars abroad. Many knights took part in the Crusades, in which European Christians fought for control of the Holy Land. England also fought a long war with France, the Hundred Years War, which actually lasted 116 years. A famous battle was the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, where Henry V's outnumbered army defeated the French. The English finally left France in the 1450s.
Memory tip: Crusades = fighting for the Holy Land; Hundred Years War vs France; Agincourt 1415.
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In the Crusades, European Christians fought for control of what?
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