Literature By giacomobellodi Period: 1150 to 1500 British spoke the 'Middle English' 1216 Hentry III became king Period: 1250 to 1300 Grdual change of feudalism 1272 Edward I became king 1295 The 'Model Parliament' 1337 Edward III started the Hundred Years' War against France 1348 The Black Death 1350 Norman invasion 1381 Peasants' Revolt 1382 First translation of the Bible into English by John Wycliff* 1400 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer was published. Period: 1455 to 1485 The Wars of the Roses Period: 1485 to 1509 King Henry VII, first king of the Tudor House 1492 Columbus' discovery of America 1509 Henry VIII