ther and had beenfighting since the 1290s (19). In 1314 the English, under Edward II lost to the Scottish at Bannockburn. EdwardIII made a treaty with the Scottish in 1328 but intervened in 1329 when their leaderRobert Bruce, died. The English then deposed David II, Bruces son and the new king.To help form a bond with the Scottish the Philip gave David shelter in France (Lace 18). Edward III got his revenge on the Scottish in 1332. He got a small group ofScottish rebels together and after winning a series of major battles named Edward Balioltheir leader. Baliol acknowledged Edward III as his overlord. The Scottish chased Baliolover the Scottish border in December. Edward marched north and surrounded them atBerwick. The Scottish sent an army, but Edward defeated them at Halidon Hill inJuly,1334 (Lace 18). Philip of Valois then moved some of his ships from Mediterranean ports to aharbor at Normandy. Edward III saw these ships and thought that this was an attemptedattack on him. He challenged Philip to a battle in 1337, but Philip declined (Time Life20). As the war began both sides had distinct advantages and disadvantages. TheFrench were backed by plentiful material resources such as a broad fertile kingdom, 21million people, and many mountains as well as plains (Lace 21). The English werebacked by the loyalty of Edwards nobles and he was also able to get parliament to raisetaxes to fund the war. France was plagued by the lack of political and financial supportaccompanied by the inability to raise taxes. Philip was afraid that the people of Ypres,Ghent, and Bruges would declare Edward their king because they depended on Englishwool to keep their economy running. The Englishs problems were that they were muchpoorer than France and that with a population 1/4 the size of France they would have amuch smaller army.Farmland was also a problem because it was only good in the east(Time Life 21). The two social...
