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* ''VideoGame/BladeStormTheHundredYearsWar'' takes the player through most of the major battles of the Hundred Years' War as a mercenary taking contracts from both the English and the French.


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* ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc'' is the story of Joan of Arc if she were a MagicalGirlWarrior fighting demons along with the English.
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Pretty much the entire Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, though in southern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} this overlaps with UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. This is the period where chivalry, aristocrats, and feudal levies (basically serfs drafted to fight) are becoming less important in war (replaced with mercenaries, longbowmen, and later on, gunpowder and cannons), and [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Macchiavellian]] nobles are killing off kings, queens, peasants, and each other with gusto (especially if they happen to be [[BigScrewedUpFamily relatives]]), with recurrences of the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and ThePlague generally finishing off any survivors. This is the age of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_macabre Dance of Death]], UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition, the early [[BurnTheWitch witchcraft trials]], and the vivid,

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Pretty much the entire Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, though in southern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} this overlaps with the early phase of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. This is the period where chivalry, aristocrats, and feudal levies (basically serfs drafted to fight) are becoming less important in war (replaced with mercenaries, longbowmen, and later on, gunpowder and cannons), and [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Macchiavellian]] nobles are killing off kings, queens, peasants, and each other with gusto (especially if they happen to be [[BigScrewedUpFamily relatives]]), with recurrences of the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and ThePlague generally finishing off any survivors. This is the age of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_macabre Dance of Death]], UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition, the early [[BurnTheWitch witchcraft trials]], and the vivid,
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* Most of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's English history plays fall in this period; only ''Theatre/KingJohn'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIII'' are outside it. The most famous are '''Theatre/HenryV'', ''Theatre/HenryVI'' (Parts I, II, and III), and ''Theatre/RichardIII''

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* Most of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's English history plays fall in this period; only ''Theatre/KingJohn'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIII'' are outside it. The most famous are '''Theatre/HenryV'', ''Theatre/HenryV'', ''Theatre/HenryVI'' (Parts I, II, and III), and ''Theatre/RichardIII''
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* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryVI'' (Parts I, II, and III) and ''Theatre/RichardIII''

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* Most of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's English history plays fall in this period; only ''Theatre/KingJohn'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIII'' are outside it. The most famous are '''Theatre/HenryV'', ''Theatre/HenryVI'' (Parts I, II, and III) III), and ''Theatre/RichardIII''

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* Any version of the story of UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc (e.g., ''Film/ThePassionOfJoanOfArc'', ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' and so on and so forth).



* The Louis XI/Charles the Bold rivalry is also at play in ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves''.
* Any version of the story of UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc (e.g., ''Film/ThePassionOfJoanOfArc'', ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' and so on and so forth).

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* ** The Louis XI/Charles the Bold rivalry is also at play in ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves''.
* Any version ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'': The Animus segments take place during the fall of the story Emirate of UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc (e.g., ''Film/ThePassionOfJoanOfArc'', ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' and so on and so forth).Granada in 1491-1492, marking the end of the UsefulNotes/SpanishReconquista.



** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' are set in the late 1400s, near the tail end of the Middle Ages and the peak of the Renaissance. ''Brotherhood'' is set during the early years of the UsefulNotes/ItalianWars.

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** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' are set in the late 1400s, near the tail end of the Middle Ages and during the peak of the Renaissance. ''Brotherhood'' is set during the early years of the UsefulNotes/ItalianWars.UsefulNotes/ItalianWars, also.

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* Some campaigns of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires II''; the "Imperial Age" of in-game development (featuring lots of plate armor and gunpowder weapons, plus a campaign based on Cortés' conquest of Mexico) corresponds to this era.



* Some campaigns of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires II''; the "Imperial Age" of in-game development (featuring lots of plate armor and gunpowder weapons, plus a campaign based on Cortés' conquest of Mexico) corresponds to this era.


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* ''VideoGame/TheYAWHG'' is not explicitly set in any specific time period or location, but the fashion and the theme of an oncoming catastrophe that will decimate the city definitely suggests a 15th century setting.
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* The Louis XI/Charles the Bold is also at play in ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves''.

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* ''Film/TheKing'', loose adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad.
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* ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'' is about the wife of UsefulNotes/EdwardIV of England, Elizabeth Woodville and set during the Wars of the Roses.
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* ''Film/VladTepes'' is a 1979 Romanian EpicFilm and {{Biopic}} of Vlad the Impaler.
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* ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'' takes place during The War of the Roses in England, from the point of view of UsefulNotes/RichardIII.
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* Ditto with the French film ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves''.

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* Ditto with The Louis XI/Charles the French film Bold is also at play in ''Film/TheMiracleOfTheWolves''.
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Pretty much the entire Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, though in southern Europe this overlaps with UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. This is the period where chivalry, aristocrats, and feudal levies (basically serfs drafted to fight) are becoming less important in war (replaced with mercenaries, longbowmen, and later on, gunpowder and cannons), and [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Macchiavellian]] nobles are killing off kings, queens, peasants, and each other with gusto (especially if they happen to be [[BigScrewedUpFamily relatives]]), with recurrences of the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and ThePlague generally finishing off any survivors. This is the age of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_macabre Dance of Death]], UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition, the early [[BurnTheWitch witchcraft trials]], and the vivid,

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Pretty much the entire Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, though in southern Europe UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} this overlaps with UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance. This is the period where chivalry, aristocrats, and feudal levies (basically serfs drafted to fight) are becoming less important in war (replaced with mercenaries, longbowmen, and later on, gunpowder and cannons), and [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Macchiavellian]] nobles are killing off kings, queens, peasants, and each other with gusto (especially if they happen to be [[BigScrewedUpFamily relatives]]), with recurrences of the Great Famine of 1315–1317 and ThePlague generally finishing off any survivors. This is the age of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_macabre Dance of Death]], UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar, the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition, the early [[BurnTheWitch witchcraft trials]], and the vivid,
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The printing press made it easier to spread ideas and learning and Europeans developed new trading routes (UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus to the Americas and Vasco da Gama to Africa and India) which boosted European wealth and enabled new sources of resources. Even after all the famine and plague deaths, urban areas as grew in importance as places for scholarship, [[MerchantCity trading]] and government. By 1500, cities like Venice, Paris and Constantinople each had 100,000+ people.

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The printing press made it easier to spread ideas and learning and Europeans developed new trading routes (UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus to the Americas and Vasco da Gama to Africa and India) which boosted European wealth and enabled new sources of resources. Even after all the famine and plague deaths, urban areas as grew in importance as places for scholarship, [[MerchantCity trading]] and government. By 1500, cities like Venice, Paris and Constantinople each had 100,000+ people.

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