What is the connection between the Black Plague and the 100 Year's War?

Question

What is the connection between the Black Plague and the 100 Year's War?

Answer 1

There is no real connection other than in 1348 the Black Plague arrived in Europe and England effectively putting a damper on hostile activities. England loses approximately one-third of its population; France loses approximately one-fourth of its population. The European economy entered a vicious circle in which hunger and chronic, low-level debilitating disease reduced the productivity of labourers, and so the grain output was reduced, causing grain prices to increase. This situation was worsened when landowners and monarchs like Edward III of England (1327-1377) and Philip VI of France (1328-1350), out of a fear that their comparatively high standard of living would decline, raised the fines and rents of their tenants. Standards of living then fell drastically, diets grew more limited, and Europeans as a whole experienced more health problems. In 1356, after it (Black Plague) had passed and England was able to recover financially, Edward's son and namesake, the Prince of Wales, known as the Black Prince, invaded France from Gascony, winning a great victory in the Battle of Poitiers, where the English archers repeated the tactics used at Crécy. The new French king, John II, was captured. John signed a truce with Edward, and in his absence, much of the government began to collapse. Later that year, the Second Treaty of London was signed, by which England gained possession of Aquitaine and John was freed.

Answer 2

The only connection is that the three occurances of the black plague occurred during the time period of the 100 year war.