Compare the armies of England and France during the Hundred Years War.

For the most part, the French army was built on a feudal basis. The country was generally an ideal state in this part of the world. The cavalry consisted of knights and their feudal lords. The infantry was mostly militia.

The English army also numbered a considerable number of knights, but they already included professional archers who trained for the king’s money, and therefore were a constant formidable force. Also, the British included a considerable number of permanently stationed infantrymen, the general level of training was higher.