What were the root causes for the Hundred Years' War?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
The only remaining heir to the French throne was Isabella, a daughter. Her son, Edward III of England, laid claim to the throne of his grandfather, but the French courts declined his claim and gave the throne to a cousin of the king (thus retaining rule by a Frenchman), and demanded that Edward, as vassal, swear an oath of allegiance to the new king.
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