The Hundred Years War Revised Edition Author:Robin Neillands The Hundred Years War was the longest war in European history, a quarrel that embroiled England and France in decades of blood and violence in the struggle for the French throne and control of French territory. It was also a war that ushered in the Renaissance, bringing tremendous change to two medieval societies. — Robin Neillands has written th... more »e first full-length study of this period in over a decade. Now in paperback, this even-handed examination of both sides of the struggle goes beyond the misconceptions of history to explain the causes of the conflict, from the early campaigns to the final French victory at Castillion.« less