What if the hundred years’ war never happened?

[baseupp]

I don't know about that England would still probably colonize, but just do it later because they were still in an incredibly advantageous position to colonize the new world.

[lowbridge]

I just imagine that the Hundred Years War was just a side quest for the English at that point. I mean they lost here and there during the war but there main quest was to colonize every single country if they could.

[davantebarbain]

I fucking love how this man is a prime example of what happens when some ask you to explain something your passionate about, he and many others show just how universal this expression is

[playea]

England would still definitely colonize. After all, Spain, Portugal, France and the Dutch all colonized and they were continental powers and involved in European affairs.

[aegis]

I confused the Hundred Years War with the Seven Years War for a second there.

[Choccy_Milk_]

Colonization was just inevitable, although it would probably happen a lil later due to population/food/space problems in england

[GrandLordGeek]

“England” and “France”. The national concepts hadn’t formed yet, it was all feudal relationships back then, and why the conflicts kept going so long

[nickmaynard]

Personally I think that "?" Needs more clarification as to what it means by the hundred years war not happening because that radically changes the aftermath as a example

If England conquered France instead of the hundred years war happening it could have lead to England trying to take control of the European countries of that time which would have a long chain of other historical events radically changing

[izaakwedgwood]

I'd say it's more likely that their colonizing would have been much more brutal, like the Spanish, the Portuguese or the Japanese, because England's big focus was creating markets to sell things to, with less need to do that, there's less incentive to keep people relatively intact

[Nathan_Heaps-Page]

I imagine that England would still colonise in this example. Assuming that colonisation still occured, since it was the external show of a (European) nations power and prestige.
Now, the extent to which it did that might look drastically different, but then again, it might not (my justification being, that since it first stepped onto the world stage, England hasn't been shy about getting to d**k-measuring contests with it's neighbours... 🤷🏻‍♂️)

[kingdomofvinland]

What if the Vikings colonized Vinland?

[juangonzalez]

Why wouldn’t England colonize? The whole point of the colonies was the resources they couldn’t get in Europe. Sugar, spices, and a whole continent to use as a prison. Even if they used France for that last part, they would still have an incentive to colonize.

[Kriegter]

The funny thing about English kings since 1066 is that they are nominal vassals of the King of France except the French king had no jurisdiction in the British isles. Obviously this power dynamic was quite problematic as the King of England was both subordinate and not subordinate to the King of France. While this may seem counter intuitive in modern politics, that's just how feudalism works, and situations like this is far more common than you think. For example, when Robert the Bruce became the independent king of Scotland, he was still subordinate to the King of England because he still had holdings in England, with the exception that he has his own thing going on in Scotland. None of that "FREEDOOOM" bs you see in Braveheart. Furthermore the actual land a king had full control over is minimal. In an age where currency isn't the main form of transaction, your knights fought for you in exchange for land. With so many nobles that pay tribute to you, you often end up with very little crownland, which was the case for almost all medieval monarchs. This would slowly change through time where kings increasingly centralized their power and into the age of absolutism in the 18th century. This centralization was actually a major reason why knights became obsolete. You no longer relied on a warrior class who fought for you in exchange for land because you can easily afford a professional standing army.

[Arclight]

I wish this guy was my history teacher in school his excitement alone when he talks about this stuff makes everything he says more interesting.

[AsianAtTheDisco]

then would that suggest another country would instead focus on colonizing and accidentally reaching the continental Americas? Like perhaps Portugal and Spain would lay more claim in North America

[Rhbrehaut]

Which probably means they never become the maritime superpower they became in our timeline

[Xkhaosxzeus]

Also that means they'd have total control of the English channel and France no longer rivals Spain Germany and England in power

[ughettapbacon]

Here's a question. What does this world look like if the Mayflower sinks?

[hydrasevens]

Eleanor is so badass this rlly peaked my interest and it was so worth watching

[romantheblack-cat]

When i was studying with my freind the guy that repairs things came by. When we told him I was studying the 100 year war he told me that he was there bouncing canonballs back with double speed back st the enemy.