The development of France in the 14th and 15th centuries without the Hundred Years' War?

Also, even after the humiliation at Agincourt, the French advantages were what allowed France to ultimately regroup and fight back under Joan of Arc and beyond, correct? After all, even after Agincourt, the English failed to achieve a total victory over the French in the Hundred Years' War (though Henry V's death almost certainly helped the French in regards to this)!

England's defeat post 1422 was as you said a combination of France's natural advantages; excellent Heavy Cavalry, lots of Castles meaning the English can raid but take a long time to secure territory, short, internal lines of communication etc. and English leadership going down toilet post Henry V while the French got their house in order. However that doesn't mean the Plantagenets couldn't win. While France will always beat in England in the long run in the middle ages, God is on the side of the Big Battalions if the Plantagent King of England can get sufficient Frenchmen on side then he can definitely become King of France. English longbowmen are good, French Knights are good, Longbowmen and Knights combined are unbeatable.
 
I think that a France without the HYW would expand at the cost of the HRE.France had already gained part of the county of Bar and the Dauphine without all the wars with England they could focus more on the eastern and northern border were the nobility was francophone (Hainault Brabant Lorraine etc)
 
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