Complex sentence: Located in a small forrested valley 60 kilometres northwest of Dijon, it achieved great prosperity in the 12th and 13th centuries, and it enjoyed protection from the Kings of France, but it was plundered in the Hundred Year's War and the Wars of Religion.
Split into simpler sentences: Located in a small forrested valley 60 kilometres northwest of Dijon, it achieved great prosperity in the 12th and 13th centuries. It enjoyed the protection of the Kings of France but was plundered in the Hundred Year's War and the Wars of Religion.