A Fundamental Source of Conflict in the Hundred Years' War

question 11

Multiple Choice

A fundamental source of conflict in the Hundred Years' War was that:

• A) England lay claim to Flanders.
• B) France lay claim to Cornwall.
• C) the French king was a vassal of the English king for Brittany.
• D) the English king was a vassal of the French king for Gascony.
• E) the English king constantly attacked France's borders from the stronghold in Gascony.

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