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2. Creçy and Poitiers.  Further difficulties arose through Charles the Bad, King of Navarre and Count of Evreux, who was always on the watch to assert his claim to the French throne through his mother, the daughter of Louis X., and was much hated and distrusted by Philip VI. and his son John, Duke of Normandy. TWO CRISIE AND POITIERS FURTHER DIFFICULTIES AROSE THROUGH CHARLES THE BAD KING OF NAVARRE AND COUNT OF EVREUX WHO WAS ALWAYS ON THE WATCH TO ASSERT HIS CLAIM TO THE FRENCH THRONE THROUGH HIS MOTHER THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS THE TENTH AND WAS MUCH HATED AND DISTRUSTED BY PHILIP THE SIXTH AND HIS SON JOHN DUKE OF NORMANDY
lared war, and his supposed right caused a century of warfare between France and England, in which the broken, down-trodden state of the French peasantry gave England an immense advantage. The knights and squires were fairly matched; but while the English yeomen were strong, staunch, and trustworthy, the French were useless, and only made a defeat worse by plundering the fallen on each side alike. The war began in Flanders, where Philip took the part of the count, whose tyrannies had caused his expulsion. Edward was called in to the aid of the citizens of Ghent by their leader Jacob van Arteveldt; and gained a great victory over the French fleet at Sluys, but with no important result. At the same time the two kings took opposite sides in the war of the succession in Brittany, each defending the claim most inconsistent with his own pretensions to the French crown--Edward upholding the male heir, John de Montfort, and Philip the direct female representative, the wife of Charles de Blois. KING OF FRANCE EDWARD THEN DECLARED WAR AND HIS SUPPOSED RIGHT CAUSED A CENTURY OF WARFARE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN WHICH THE BROKEN DOWNTRODDEN STATE OF THE FRENCH PEASANTRY GAVE ENGLAND AN IMMENSE ADVANTAGE THE KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES WERE FAIRLY MATCHED BUT WHILE THE ENGLISH YEOMEN WERE STRONG STAUNCH AND TRUSTWORTHY THE FRENCH WERE USELESS AND ONLY MADE A DEFEAT WORSE BY PLUNDERING THE FALLEN ON EACH SIDE ALIKE THE WAR BEGAN IN FLANDERS WHERE PHILIP TOOK THE ART OF THE COUNT WHOSE TYRANNIES HAD CAUSED HIS EXPULSION EDWARD WAS CALLED IN TO THE AID OF THE CITIZENS OF GHENT BY THEIR LEADER JACOB VAN AUTOVELT AND GAINED GREAT VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH FLEET AT SLEWY BUT WITH NO IMPORTANT RESULT AT THE SAME TIME THE TWO KINGS TOOK OPPOSITE SIDES IN THE WAR OF THE SUCCESSION IN BRITTANY EACH DEFENDING THE CLAIM MOST INCONSISTENT WITH HIS OWN PRETENSIONS TO THE FRENCH CROWN EDWARD UPHOLDING THE MALE HEIR JOHN DE MONFER AND PHILIP THE DIRECT FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE THE WIFE OF CHARLE DE BLOIS
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