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==Henry V and the Hundred Years' War==

{{Main|Hundred Years' War (1415–1453)}}
[[File:Battle of Agincourt, St. Alban's Chronicle by Thomas Walsingham.jpg|right|thumb|Henry V's victory at the [[Battle of Agincourt]]]]

[[Henry V of England]] was a successful and ruthless monarch.<ref name=Schama2656>{{harvnb|Schama|2000|pp=265–266}}</ref> He was quick to re-assert the claim to the French throne he inherited from Edward III, continuing what was later called the Hundred Years' War. The war was not a formal, continuous conflict but a series of English raids and military expeditions from 1337 until 1453. There were six major royal expeditions; Henry himself led the fifth and sixth, but these were unlike the smaller, frequent, provincial campaigns.<ref name=Davies419>{{harvnb|Davies|1997|pp=419–420}}</ref> In Henry's first major campaign{{mdash}}and the fifth major royal campaign of the war{{mdash}}he invaded France, captured [[Harfleur]], made a [[chevauchée]] to [[Calais]] and won a near-total victory over the French at the [[Battle of Agincourt]] despite being outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and low on supplies.<ref name=Schama265>{{harvnb|Schama|2000|p=265}}</ref> In his second campaign, he recaptured much of Normandy and in a treaty secured a marriage to [[Catherine of Valois]]. The terms of the [[Treaty of Troyes]] were that Henry's and Catherine's heirs would succeed to the throne of France. This condition was contested by the [[Charles VII of France|Dauphin]] and the momentum of the war changed. In 1421, Henry's brother [[Thomas, Duke of Clarence]], was killed at the [[Battle of Baugé]], and Henry V died of dysentery at [[Vincennes]] in 1422.<ref name="Weir2008p133"/>{{sfn|Harriss|2004a}}

[[Henry VI of England]] was less than a year old but his uncles{{mdash}}led by Henry V's brother [[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford]]{{mdash}}continued the war.<ref name=Johndob>{{harvnb|Stratford|2004}}</ref> There were more victories, including the [[Battle of Verneuil]], but it was impossible to maintain campaigning at this level given the relative economic and manpower resources of England against France. [[Joan of Arc]]'s involvement helped the French remove the siege of Orleans<ref name=Davies76>{{harvnb|Davies|1999|pp=76–80}}</ref> and win the [[Battle of Patay]] before Joan was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried as a witch and burnt at the stake. The Dauphin was crowned and continued the successful [[Fabian tactics]] of avoiding full frontal assault and exploiting logistical advantage.<ref name=Weir1995p82>{{harvnb|Weir|1995|pp=82–83}}</ref>