HIST 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lollardy
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French turned 100 years war around by not engaging with them directly: fabian tactics, betrand du guesclin. England didn"t have a strong enough leader (king was richard ii, 9 year old boy) after edward iii. Charles vi 1380-1422 king of france was insane, battle within royal family over who should take over (also england wanted to take over) Lancastrian dynasty of england 1413-1422: henry v leader of lancastrian monarch, extremely pious, demanded discipline, tried to separate themselves from lollardy; effective on stamping it out. Could be arrested, tortured, killed for lollardy. Hussites (czech heretical group) had many same ideals as lollards: vernacular bible. Bohemians not successful in shutting down lollardy. Battle of calais: english lured french out in battle. Henry v married catherine of valois (france) -- didn"t work to unify france and england.
