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die of the fifteenth century, a French champion, 

 Joan of Arc, arose and under her leadership 

 France gained back what it had lost and left 

 in the hands of England only Calais (see JOAN 

 OF ARC). 



Meanwhile, there had been troubled times 

 in England. Several uprisings had occurred 

 during the reign of Richard II, the most seri- 

 ous of which was that under Wat Tyler (which 

 see) ; in 1399 Richard was compelled to abdi- 

 cate, and the Duke of Lancaster became king 

 as Henry IV. Because he had been proclaimed 

 king by Parliament he had a great respect for 

 its authority and deferred to its wishes, and 



Britain during the Roman 

 Period, 55B.C.-A.D.4Q9 



Dominions of Alfred the 

 Great at theTime of his 

 Death. A.D. 901 



I Strathclyde 

 INorthumbria 

 I North Wales 

 IMercia 

 I East Anglia 

 IWessex 



I Essex 

 I Kent 



England in the Period of the 

 Heptarchy, Seventh and 

 Eighth Centuries 





country, Edward III began the Hundred Years' 

 War with France. Brilliant as some of the 

 English victories were, they cost the country 

 dear and laid a financial burden upon it which 

 almost wore the people out. The war had one 

 good effect, however; by uniting the Saxon 

 and the Norman inhabitants against France it 

 helped to develop a strong national feeling. 

 Under Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and 

 Henry VI, the war dragged on, the English 

 successes continuing until the French king was 

 actually obliged to acknowledge the English 

 king as his heir. But finally, about the mid- 



Domain of 



William the Conqueror after 



the Battle of Hastings, 1066 



England 

 and English 

 Possessions 



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In the Reign of 

 Henry n (1 154-1 189) 

 when English Rule in 

 Trance Reached 

 Its Greatest Extent 



