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Summary of Chapter Two 1 Ⅰ Historical Background 1. The Hundred Years’ War The Hundred Years’ War continued and in 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt King Henry Ⅴ (1413-1422) defeated the French army and claimed himself the heir to the French throne. However, when his son King Henry Ⅵ came to the throne, he was a puppet king handled by influential noblemen and his possessions in France were won back by the French under the leadership of the French heroine Joan of Arc (1412-1431). 2. The War of the Roses (1455-1485) The War of the Roses, or the Thirty Years’ War, was a series of civil wars fought