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Timeline. 1400 A.D. 1450 A.D. ENGLAND. Plantagenet rule, 1154–1485. WALES. English Annexation, 1285–1536. IRELAND. Anglo-Norman rule, 1170–ca. 1600. SCOTLAND. Stewart (Stuart) rule, 1371–1714. Overview.
- Map of Britain by Matthew Paris – 13th Century
- Portolan Chart by Pietro Visconte – C. 1325
- England with The Adjoining Kingdom, Scotland by Sebastian Munster – 1554
- Anglia and Hibernia Nova by Girolamo Ruscelli – 1561
- Anglia Regnum by Gerard Mercator – 1595
Paris was a Benedictine monk who was well known in 13th century England for writing and illustrating several manuscripts including a number of maps. This particular image of Britain features around 250 named towns.
Portolan charts were key to maritime navigation in the medieval world. This representation of Britain comes from a larger navigational chart covering the whole of Western Europe.
Produced in 1554 for his translation of Ptolomey’s Geographica, this map shows a significant improvement from Munster’s 1550 map of the island.
Ruscelli was an Italian cartographer who published extensively throughout the first part of the 16th century.
Now probably the most famous cartographer of the late medieval period, Gerard Mercartor was the first person to use the term ‘atlas’ to describe a collection of maps. This map of Britain is taken from one of Mercator’s early Atlases.
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Apr 8, 2008 · The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain. Alixe Bovey took a journey around medieval Britain, guided by a 14th-century map, for the BBC Four medieval season. She explains what the map tells us, and reveals some of the hidden gems she found along the way. Published: April 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM.
Nov 14, 2018 · The Middle Ages arguably laid the foundations for the England we have today, giving us parliament, the rule of law, and an abiding enmity with the French. Here are 11 key dates in the history of Medieval Britain. 1. The Norman Conquest: 14 October 1066. 1066 - one of the most famous years in English history.
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1455-85: The Wars of the Roses. 1455: Battle of St. Albans on the 22nd May. 1460: King Henry 6th is captured at the Battle of Northampton on the 10 July. Battle of Wakefield on the 30th December. Era of King Edward the Fourth (First Part 1461-1470) 1461: Battle of Towton on the 29th March. 1469: The Shetland Isles become part of Scotland.
Nov 21, 2022 · England under the Plantagenets | Map and Timeline. History of England. Richard I during the Third Crusade ©N.C. Wyeth. 1154 Jan 1 - 1485. England under the Plantagenets. England, UK. The House of Plantagenet held the English throne from 1154 (with the accession of Henry II at the end of the Anarchy) to 1485, when Richard III died in battle.
History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
