Which statement correctly describes a cause of the Hundred Years' War? A. The English king wanted to marry Joan of Arc, but the French king refused to give his permission. B. The French king petitioned the pope to have the English king excommunicated for heresy. C. England wanted to retake territory that France had conquered in Norman times. D. France and England valued land and both needed more to protect their people from famine.
"C. England wanted to retake territory that France had conquered in Norman times" is the best option from the list, but the origins of this war were very complicated.