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How did the Hundred Years' War bring change to medieval Europe?


English and French monarchs increased their power as knights became less useful


Europeans turned to the Pope to restore the peace


The long conflict led to the first World War


Knights won every battle and strengthened the position of nobles

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English and French monarchs increased their power as knights became less useful.

The war accelerated the decline of feudal cavalry—infantry armed with longbows, pikes and later gunpowder artillery proved decisive—forcing rulers to raise and pay professional armies and taxes. That shift strengthened centralized monarchies and weakened the traditional military and political dominance of knightly nobles.