But then the Dordogne has been a misery magnet since 1337, when the Hundred Years War began.

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Jonathan Sumption's majestic three-volume history of the Hundred Years War, published over ten years from 1999, ends in 1399.

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In 1341, in the Hundred Years War, an alliance was signed between Louis IV, Roman Emperor, and Philip VI of France at Vincennes.

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The longest is probably the Hundred Years War between England and France that was actually a series of wars that ran for 116 years.

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He also assumed the title king of France in 1340, triggering the Hundred Years' War.

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In 1424, the English defeated the Scots and French at the Battle of Verneuil during the Hundred Years' War.

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In both registers, the first half of the book, from pre-history through the Dark Ages to the Hundred Years' War, is outstanding.

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Back in 1916 the Americans were not at war yet and the Dow Jones had flirted with the one hundred level for several years and it finally broke through to a new digit.

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