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A Military History of the Hundred Years War. The real and abiding significance of the war lies in the fact that, at its end, the English had become English, as opposed to Anglo-French, and France too had set out on the road to nationhood. (Both countries would subsequently become the very best o [...]
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A Military History of the Hundred Years War. The real and abiding significance of the war lies in the fact that, at its end, the English had become English, as opposed to Anglo-French, and France too had set out on the road to nationhood. (Both countries would subsequently become the very best of enemies), The war also sparked a real revolution in the English way of waging war, with increasing professionalism and the use of technology to make up for the lack of numbers - factors which remain relevant throughout the subsequent history of the English, and then the British, army and which are still critical to it today.