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Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain's southeast coast.William laid claim to the English throne after Edward died. He was a distant cousin of Edward and said that Edward had promised him the throne.
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The manufacture of paper also began in these places; in Samarkand in 751, in Baghdad in 793, in Egypt c. 900, in Spain in 1150, in Germany in 1391 and in England in 1494. Papers and printed materials gradually became available to the masses, which helped their literacy.
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Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges.
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The crusading movement came to an end by the close of the thirteenth century. The emperor Frederick II for a short time recovered Jerusalem by a treaty, but in 1244 A.D. the Holy City became again a possession of the Moslems
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Bubonic plague is a zoonotic disease, circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas,[1] and is one of three types of bacterial infections.Swollen lymph nodes (buboes) especially occur in the armpit and groin in persons suffering from bubonic plague.
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The first allusion to a literary tradition of Robin Hood tales occurs in William Langland's Piers Plowman.
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After Chaucer became a member of the king's household, he was sent on diplomatic errands throughout Europe. In this service he gradually learnt what made it possible to write The Canterbury Tales.
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York (whose heraldic symbols were the "red" and the "white" rose, respectively) for the throne of England
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Le Morte D'Arthur is the first true novel written in English.The first printing of Malory's work was made by Caxton in 1485; it proved popular, and was reprinted, with some additions and changes.
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The first Tudor king was Henry Vll. He became king after the battle of Bosworth field, which ended the War of the Roses. He was followed by his son, Henry Vlll, who was famous for marrying six times and beheading two of his wives.
