ocedures and weapons. These helped greatly in later battles for domination. Europeans also could use weapons discovered from other cultures and add their own knowledge to them to produce a new product and introduce it to the world.The Hundred Years War also brought another important development that made the culture of England better by introducing it to knowledge of new or foreign ideas and concepts. The English Parliament temporarily gained more power over the king during this war. Through its right to grant or withhold tax revenues, Parliament forced some weak English kings during time of war to agree to a number of rights: (a) Parliament, as well as the king, had to approve any restatement or change of a law; (b) Parliament gained the right to levy all taxes, and any new tax had to be proposed first by the House of Commons rather than by the House of Lords; and the king could spend money only for the purpose for which Parliament had appropriated it. Despite many English victories, when the Hundred Years War ended in 1453, England had lost all of its lands in France except Calais. Actually these losses helped England in the long run. Now the English king could pay attention to governing his own country. England experimented with this new concept in an effort to create an ideal society. At first the results seemed formidable, bur they proved to be worthwhile in the long run. Over a period of time, the loss of land helped the king to concentrate on the needs of his own country. This new idea had the ability to drastically change England for the better. Now that the kings attention was focused on a smaller England, he realized that improvements were much needed and that they would be easier to do now that land was lost because improvements would be done on a smaller scale for a smaller country. Since the war was over, the king also had free time to work on the improvements since his time wasnt being put into war efforts.Ch...
