Middle Ages Events

By Johnboy
  • Period: Sep 30, 1000 to Sep 30, 1500

    Middle Ages Events

  • Battle of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    King William of Normandy defeats the English in the Norman conquest of Britian introducing Frankish culture.
  • Paper is first mass produced in Spain.
    Sep 1, 1150

    Paper is first mass produced in Spain.

    Paper becomes widely avaiable and sets off a chain reaction of recording and writings.
  • Magna Carta is signed by King John of England.
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta is signed by King John of England.

    The Magna Carta established and protected the rights of an person agaisnt the power of a monarch.
  • End of the Crusades
    Sep 30, 1270

    End of the Crusades

    Conquests in the middle east, or crusades, are stop. During these conquests, ideas, languages, and cultures are exchanged.
  • The Black Death.
    Sep 30, 1348

    The Black Death.

    The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) is spread all over Europe, causeing a tramatic shift in noblity, social statues. Leadin to the end of Chivilry.
  • First appearance of Robin Hood in literature.
    Nov 1, 1378

    First appearance of Robin Hood in literature.

    The story of Robin Hood is first reviled in story.
  • Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales.
    Sep 30, 1387

    Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales.

    The Canterbury Tales sets off an entire way of rethinking how stories should be told.
  • War of the Roses
    Sep 30, 1448

    War of the Roses

    War between two factions of Brithish government, the Lancasters and Yorks. Started when the thought of the dethronement of mentally unstable King Henry VI and the thronement of Richard Duke of York began.
  • First Tudor King King Henry VII is Throned
    Sep 30, 1448

    First Tudor King King Henry VII is Throned

    Following the War of the Roses, King Henry VII is crowned King of England.
  • First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur.
    Sep 30, 1485

    First printing of Le Morte d’Arthur.

    The Tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is ironicly writien by a criminally crupted knight.