Hundred Years War Quotes

“What’s this war called again?”
“The Hundred Years War.”
“Hmmmm, got a bad feeling about this one.”
― Karl Wiggins, Calico Jack in your Garden

“War without fire is like sausages without mustard.”
― Henry V

“No one dared tell the outcome of the battle to Philip VI until his jester was thrust forward and said, "Oh, the cowardly English, the cowardly English!" and on being asked why, replied, "They did not jump overboard like our brave Frenchmen." The King evidently got the point. The fish drank so much French blood, it was said afterward, that if God had given them the power of speech they would have spoken in French.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

“In other words, you’re justifying the Hundred Years’ War.’

‘More or less. For it enabled our two peoples to become deeply interdependent, allowing the most fruitful of intellectual exchanges.’

‘You mean, the French are “anglicized” without knowing it.’

‘And the English have assimilated their Continental experience from that time much more than you think. But this is what I was leading up to: the Englishman is essentially a mystical being. And, because he’s scrupulous, he’s apprehensive. And therefore susceptible to everything that might be interpreted as a superhuman manifestation, whether it be a legend of esoteric significance - as in this case - or an event of peculiar resonance. Don’t forget, all the official bodies in Paris — parliament, clergy, and especially the university — were in favour of the English at the period I’m talking about.’

‘Of course!”
― Jacques Yonnet, Paris Noir: The Secret History of a City