So Marco Polo may have
suggested to Columbus the voyage which led to the discovery of
America.
Edward the Black Prince
Lived from 1330-1376
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One of the most famous warriors of the Middle Ages was Edward the
Black Prince. He was so called because he wore black armor in
battle.
The Black Prince was the son of Edward III who reigned over England
from 1327 to 1377. He won his fame as a soldier in the wars which
his father carried on against France.
You remember that the early kings of England, from the time
of William the Conqueror, had possessions in France. Henry II,
William's grandson, was the duke of Normandy and lord of Brittany
and other provinces, and when he married Eleanor of Aquitaine she
brought him that province also.
Henry's son John lost all the French possessions of the English
crown except a part of Aquitaine, and Edward III inherited this.
So when Philip of Valois (val-wah') became king of France, about
a year after Edward had become king of England, Edward had to do
homage to Philip.
To be king of England and yet to do homage to the king of France--to
bend the knee before Philip and kiss his foot--was something Edward
did not like.
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