from 1348 to 1356, there was very little fighting because the black death killed many people in england and even more people in france. edward, the black prince, then won a brilliant victory at the battle of poitiers for england. king john ii of france was captured during the battle. the english invaded france again but were not able to take any more cities. a truce in 1360 gave england about one quarter of france. the first part of the hundred years' war is called the edwardian war.