
Peter Turchin: End Times
The Book Club
The 100 Years War in France
"The best way to think about it is not the dynastic war between England and France," he says. "It was really a long conditions of civil war within France, within which England meddled when the French society has fallen apart." He adds that after 20 years of this horrible situation, they kick out the English by 1380,. So by 1380, they stabilize France. All right, then the next generation comes starting in the very early 1400s. You have almost like the same game of thrones story being played over between different characters.
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