For more than a century, England and France fought over crowns, territory, and the future of Western Europe. England achieved spectacular early victories at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt, where English longbowmen repeatedly defeated much larger French armies. France seemed on the brink of collapse until a young peasant, Joan of Arc, inspired a remarkable revival of French resistance. Although she was burned at the stake in 1431, her legacy endured. The final Battle of Castillon secured a French victory and ended England's ambitions to rule France. This campaign tells the story of a conflict that reshaped medieval Europe and transformed the art of warfare.
