medieval society and the vikings By noneal1 Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1485 medieval times 476 western roman empire ends Jan 1, 711 moors start raiding spain Feb 8, 1016 king cnut a danish viking takes control of the english throne Jan 1, 1066 william of normandy wins battle of hastings and becomes king of england Feb 8, 1066 battle of hastings which saw final defeat of vikings william the conquerer becomes king of england Jan 1, 1096 crusades start Jan 1, 1100 small towns start springing up over europe Jan 1, 1192 minamoto yoritomo becomes the first shogun of japan Jan 1, 1215 king john of england signs the magna carta Jan 1, 1275 first meeting held in england of a parliment Jan 1, 1291 crusades end Feb 8, 1337 100 years war starts Jan 1, 1347 black death breaks out in europe Jan 1, 1381 wat tyler leads a revolt of english peasants to win more freedom from landowners Jan 1, 1429 joan of arc drives out the english from orleans Jan 1, 1453 100 years war ends Jan 1, 1485 henry tudor (henry VII) is crowned king of england Mar 2, 2022 vikings start raiding europe Mar 2, 2022 vikings invade english monastery at lindisfarne marking the start of their terror campaign Mar 2, 2022 vikings reach byzantine empire ready to attack constantinople Mar 2, 2022 alfred the great english king of wessex gives vikings a region in england known as the danelaw Mar 2, 2022 region in france normandy given to vikings in exchange for their loyalty Mar 2, 2022 arab travellar ibn fadlan writes about vikings he observed in what is now known as russia Mar 2, 2022 most vikings in the area known as today as denmark have become christians