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for wine, which was then shipped into England and Ireland, primarily through the ports of
Dublin, Bristol, and London.
But the counts of Flanders had been vassals of the king of France, and the French tried to
regain control its wealth. The English could not permit this, since it would mean that the
French monarch would control their main of foreign exchange. A civil war soon broke out in
Flanders, with the English supporting the manufacturing middle class and the French
supporting the land-owning nobility. The Struggle for Control France
The English king controlled much of France, particularly in the fertile South. These lands had
come under control of the English when Eleanor of Aquitaine, heiress to the region, had
married Henry II of England in the mid-12th century. There was constant bickering along the
French-English frontier, and the French kings always had to fear an English invasion from
the South. Between Flanders in the North and the English in the South, they were caught in a
"nutcracker". The "Auld Alliance"
The French responded by creating their own "nutcracker» . They allied with the Scots in an
arrangement that persisted well into the 18th century. Thus the English faced the French from
the south and the Scots from the north. The Battle for the channel and North Sea, the French
nutcracker would only work in the French could invade England across the English
Channel.(The French call it 'La Manche', 'The Sleeve'.) Besides, England could support their
Flemish allies only if they could send aid across the North Sea, and, moreover, English trade
was dependent upon the free flow of naval traffic through the Channel. Consequently, the
French continually tried to gain the upper hand at sea, and the English constantly resisted
them. Both sides commissioned what would have been pirates if they had not been operating
with royal permission to prey upon each other's shipping, and there were frequent naval
clashes in those constricted waters. The Dynastic Conflict
The last son of King Philip IV(The Fair) died in 1328, and the direct male line of the
Capetians finally ended after almost 350 years. Philip had had a daughter, however. This
daughter, Isabelle, had married King Edward II of England, and King Edward III was their
son. He was therefore Philip's grandson and successor in a direct line through Philip's
daughter. The French could not tolerate the idea that Edward might become King of France,
and French lawyers brought up some old Prankish laws, the so-called Salic Law, which stated
that property (including the throne) could not descend through a female. The French then
gave the crown to Philip of Valois, a nephew of Philip IV. Nevertheless, Edward III had a
valid claim to the throne of France if he wished to pursue it.
46 for wine, which was then shipped into England and Ireland, primarily through the ports of Dublin, Bristol, and London. But the counts of Flanders had been vassals of the king of France, and the French tried to regain control its wealth. The English could not permit this, since it would mean that the French monarch would control their main of foreign exchange. A civil war soon broke out in Flanders, with the English supporting the manufacturing middle class and the French supporting the land-owning nobility. The Struggle for Control France The English king controlled much of France, particularly in the fertile South. These lands had come under control of the English when Eleanor of Aquitaine, heiress to the region, had married Henry II of England in the mid-12th century. There was constant bickering along the French-English frontier, and the French kings always had to fear an English invasion from the South. Between Flanders in the North and the English in the South, they were caught in a "nutcracker". The "Auld Alliance" The French responded by creating their own "nutcracker». They allied with the Scots in an arrangement that persisted well into the 18th century. Thus the English faced the French from the south and the Scots from the north. The Battle for the channel and North Sea, the French nutcracker would only work in the French could invade England across the English Channel.(The French call it 'La Manche', 'The Sleeve'.) Besides, England could support their Flemish allies only if they could send aid across the North Sea, and, moreover, English trade was dependent upon the free flow of naval traffic through the Channel. Consequently, the French continually tried to gain the upper hand at sea, and the English constantly resisted them. Both sides commissioned what would have been pirates if they had not been operating with royal permission to prey upon each other's shipping, and there were frequent naval clashes in those constricted waters. The Dynastic Conflict The last son of King Philip IV(The Fair) died in 1328, and the direct male line of the Capetians finally ended after almost 350 years. Philip had had a daughter, however. This daughter, Isabelle, had married King Edward II of England, and King Edward III was their son. He was therefore Philip's grandson and successor in a direct line through Philip's daughter. The French could not tolerate the idea that Edward might become King of France, and French lawyers brought up some old Prankish laws, the so-called Salic Law, which stated that property (including the throne) could not descend through a female. The French then gave the crown to Philip of Valois, a nephew of Philip IV. Nevertheless, Edward III had a valid claim to the throne of France if he wished to pursue it.
