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William was the Duke of Normandy who invaded English to claim his throne after Edward died.
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Paper started in China and the idea spread West slowly along the silk road eventaully arriving at what we now call Spain.
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A promise of protection first drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between a King and a group of rebels.
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The Crusades movement came to an end around the end of the 13th Century because the people had lost faith in the movement.
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In 1347, a ship carrying a deadly disease docked in Sicily. The disease was named the Black Death and was found to be a bacteria-born disease. The disease could claim it's victims within a days time. For over two years the disease killed a large minority of their population. By the end of 1350 the Black Death had subsided, but didn't completely leave England for a couple hundred years.
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Robin Hood was a man who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
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The Canterbury Tales is a framed narative in which a group of people tell tales and the best tale teller wins a supper paid by the others.
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From 1445 until 1485 a series of battles were fough in England named The Wars of Roses. The battles were fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. A number of factors contributed to the motivation for these battles.
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A story written by Thomas Malory that tells the tale of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Knights of the Round Table, and their conquest for the Holy Grail.
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Henry Tudor became king after the battle had ended because the previous leader; the King, had been killed during the war. There is debate over whether or not he was did a good job as king, but he was definitely a successful king.
