Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the English and the FrenchGerman Spanish monarchies . It can best be described as a dispute over religion landtrade and claims to the throne. Although the English seemed to be winning the war by 1420, the deaths of heirs to the throne created uncertainty. A noblewoman nun peasant girl named Joan of Arc led Charles VII and his troops to victory.