FREN10030 Week 3: Academic Commentary Workshop by

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The relationship between England and France, and the idea it is dependent on the history of the Hundred Year Wars

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the strained relationship between france and england over history

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the relationship between england and france throughout history, specifically how the 100 year war antagonised their relationship

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the history of the relatioship between france and england

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The history of the relationship between France and England, specifically the sharing of the language and how this has changed over time

How medieval history has shaped and influenced modern day political constructs and borders

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the sibling conflict between France and England

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Britain and France’s relationship… feels more like siblings fighting than two countries

england and france

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Anglo-French relationship

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As an example of “nationhood” and the following literary texts

The troubled yet familial relationship England and France have had across history, and the importance of the 100 year's war within.

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People were seen to 'identify with one another', yet simultaneously when at war, this would be replaced by 'fundamental antagonisms' of their relationship

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To inform about how the Hundred Years War has impacted the relationship between England and France.

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The evolution of Anglo-french relations

Anglo-French relations in context of the 100 year war and the nuances of a war of which the participants have familial ties

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The relationship between England and France and how it has evolved as a consequence of historical conflict

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anglo-franco relations and how they are perceived by both countries

Best example of how nationhood can result in war

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the ongoing conflicted relationship between england and France throughout history

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the tense relationship between france and england

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How the Hundred Years’ War affected thought and writing in England and France

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borders can be a source of conflict

How France and England are intertwined through war and language. And how the 100 years war was significant in influencing. political constructs.

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Identity, language and territory is what influences the two counties' relationship; shows their similarities and differences

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That we can’t understand the relationship between France and England without first knowing the context and the history of the two countries I.e. hundred years war

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The way each nation views now, and viewed then the war is different, the French memorialised the war in a very visual fashion, the English wrote about it.
It is the pinnacle of the history of the french-English relationship, the arguement being that no consequential relationship can be understood without a fundamental understanding of the war
It is not just a modern issue, at the time it shaped how people thought and materialised their ideas

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sharing a language gave them a different type of aggression in war

To make us consider how the hundred year war is/isn’t presented in literature

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The tensions over history between England and France. Their difficult relationship and rivalries which was heightened by the war.

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the changing language and the barriers it creates and physical barriers like the Channel

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The double-sided and often contrasting relationship between England and France

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The relationship between England and France is a good example of borders and the 'modern version of nationhood'.

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France and England constantly changing from enemies to allies and back throughout history

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that their relationship is not easily defined and is more similar to a family feud rather than ongoing hatred for each other. This could be due to their link through language. the idea of war from a literary perspective is also briefly introduced.

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relationship between England and France, importance of the Hundred Years War geographical tension, conflict

To convince the audience that this conflict is so important to appreciate and understand e.g. “overwhelmingly” “vital” “incumbent”

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the 100 year war being the best example of france and england's strained familial-like relationship

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Discussion of the Hundred Years War, differing perspectives of France and England on war, the links between the two

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Destruct the conception that nylon-french relations can be understood in spite of the war, almost a sort of arguement against other academic efforts to delineate the french-English relationship, because they ignore the fundamentals

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To inform about how the hundred years war affected the relationship France and England, through writing and intellect

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to inform on the special nature of the relationship england and france

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To examine the intricacies of post-war relations between historically opposed countries

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That France and England have a close but turbulent relationship- can be compared to a sibling relationship

That borders are not the only source of conflict - aggression can stem from internal problems and transcends both temporal and spatial borders

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a dissection of Anglo-Franco relations

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the language border between england and france is very important to the conflict

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That despite the fact France and England are famously 'enemies' they not only have a shared history and royal bloodline but basically a shared language. Argues that France and England are essentially like bickering siblings.

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culture and language can travel through borders

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To analyse the Anglo-French relationship, looking at how its developed through history and how its impact is still prevalent today.

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- War shapes the general culture
- War can occur between ‘allies’ or close nations, not just explicit enemies
- The Hundred Years’ War specifically had a great effect on the relationship between French and England and their cultures going forward

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Borders can link or separate

Both countries are likened to family members: despite conflict and tensions the relationship still holds strong

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political divisions can run parallel with physical borders

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The reasons for the 100 years war and the Anglo-French relationship during this stalemate

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physical and intangible borders are both sources of conflict

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England and France shared a language for centuries and thus, influenced literature e.g. Chaucer.

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borders aren't only defined by territory

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‘It makes an irresistible claim to be studied for what it can tell us about a nation.’ It’s interesting to study these conflicts

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Borders are linked to language and it is hard to define where borders have been throughout history.

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Rivalry however also lots of shared values and culture e.g. England spoke French

Cultural similarities can supersede boarders

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To draw attention to how the Hundred Years War shaped Anglo-french relations, to discuss “strangely undiscussed” history

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Culture may be defined by existing borders (the french painted, the English wrote, in simple terms) but they cannot confine culture, the war showed in very overt terms hat cultures overlap, it became a familial issue at one point they cannot be separated, and they do interact.

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to emphasise the importance of knowing historical and medieval context when looking at modern nationhood

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To encourage us to consider the ways that language and the connections between cultures / nations have a long-term impact

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France & England being like siblings- ‘sœurs ennemies’

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To summarise and inform the reader

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Borders are flexible and not tangible

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In order to understand the strange relationship between France and England, we must consider the historical context of previous events and what influences these had

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Borders are not always physical, stable nor fixed. They are fluid and interchangeable due to cultural changes and linguistic differences or similarities.

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To bring to light the friction that has resulted in this unsettled conflict

to look into how the war "affected writing and the imaginative intellect" which has often been on the "margins" of medieval history

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Borders between France and England are ever-changing and more influenced by culture than by territory

How the languages are linked through war that then established the political systems.

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Borders can also be just a physical thing - yes France and England are different, but share a lot, a 'language', (historic) royal families, a past and many areas of land and sea have been 'owned' by either side throughout history.

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That the war is often ignored/not talked about by France and England. It is a forgotten subject which has disappeared from our view for literary history. ‘The war thus constitutes the strangely undiscussed epicentre of the relationship between English and French writers’

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Borders separate and create divisions but even across them there are similarities

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to highlight the differences between the impacts the Hundred Years' war on English and French societies and how, despite being "soeurs ennemies" having very different ideas about each other, there is still a shared history

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That conflict can occur not only across hard, aggressive borders between feuding countries
Two countries close in relations can go to war
Also, the last paragraph suggests language itself can act as an abstract border

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Anglo-French relations, which have changed consistently. The text discusses Geoffrey Chaucer's writing, which captured this conflict, i.e through his use of medieval English language influenced by French vocabulary.

that modern nations are inevitably understandable by analysing anglo-french relations

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