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Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain’s southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.
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Paper was invented in ancient China during the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) and spread slowly to the west via the Silk Road.
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Is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
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The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.
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Plague is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis.
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Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman.
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Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England).
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England.
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First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d'Arthur is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English.
