The struggle between France and England, beginning in the reign of Edward III., 1337, and ending in that of Henry VI., 1453.
“Sous les règnès de Philippe VI. (de Valois), de Jean II., de Charles V., VI., et VII., en France.”—Bouillet: Dictionnaire dʹHistoire, p. 367, col. 2.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.