Born Then1337–1453
Life during the Hundred Years' War
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
England and France fought on and off from 1337 to 1453 over the French crown. Most of the fighting was raids that burned crops and villages to ruin the enemy's income, and companies of unpaid soldiers ravaged the countryside in the truces. Together with plague, it left large parts of France empty.
Deaths: estimates of 2.3 to 3.5 million deaths, mostly in France and mostly civilians.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from scholarly estimates.
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