Medieval Ages

By dramagirl98
  • Sep 24, 1066

    William the Conqueror invades England

    The policies of Willaim the Conqueror, king of England from 1066, when he invaded Egland, until his death 1087, may be largely responsible for eventually making Britain the most powerful nation in Europe.
  • Sep 24, 1150

    1150 Spain-- paper mass produced

    Gradually papermakers made their way further west through the Muslim world - to Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo. Finally, when the Moors from North Africa invaded Spain and Portugal they brought the technology with them and so it was that papermaking entered Europe in the 12th century.
  • Sep 24, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. 'Magna Carta' is Latin meaning "Great Charter". the Magna Carta was one of the most important documents of Medieval England.
  • Sep 24, 1270

    End of the Crusades

    From 1096 to 1270 there were eight major crusades and two children's crusades, both in the year 1212. Only the First and Third Crusades were successful. In the long history of the Crusades, thousands of knights, soldiers, merchants, and peasants lost their lives on the march or in battle.
  • Sep 24, 1348

    The Black Death

    Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history.
  • Sep 24, 1378

    Robin Hood in literature

    Robin Hood orginated in the form of folk tales but was later recorded onto paper. The oldest written reference to Robin Hood is an indirect one, "The Vision of Piers Plowman".
  • Sep 24, 1387

    Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in English. Chaucer began the tales in 1387 and continued until his death in 1400.
  • Sep 24, 1455

    War of Roses

    The War of Roses (1455-1485) was a series of farily brief civil wars fought between the Houses of York, Lancaster and evtually Tudor and their supporters.
  • Sep 24, 1485

    Printing of Le Morte d'Arthur

    The book contains some of Malory's own original material and retails the older stories in light of Malory's own views and interpretations. First published in 1485 by William Caxton, "Le Morte d'Arthur" is perhaps the best- known work of English laguage Arthurian literature today.
  • Sep 24, 1485

    Henry the VII is crowned

    King Heny VII's accession marked the end of the War of the Roses. He ascnded to the throne August 22, 1485. He was crowned on October 30, 1485 at Westminster Abbey.