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2 days ago · May 26, 2024. The medieval period was a crucible that forged the nation we now know as England. From the crumbling of Roman order in the 5th century to the violent birth of the Tudor state in the late 15th century, England endured conquests and catastrophes, wars and woes, plagues and persecutions. But it also witnessed remarkable feats of ...
May 18, 2024 · The article explores the progression of English maps, starting with religious T-O maps and moving on to more practical, geographically accurate maps like the 14th-century Gough Map. The maps from England’s Age of Discovery and Industrial Revolution, such as Ordnance Survey maps, are also discussed.
2 days ago · 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).
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6 days ago · Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 CE and again from 1470 to 1471 CE. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 CE...
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May 14, 2024 · The chronology of the later Crusades through 1400 provides a detailed timeline of the Crusades from after the Eighth Crusade, the last of the major expeditions to the Holy Land through the end of the 14th century. [1] . This includes the events from 1270 on that led to the Fall of Outremer in 1291 and the Crusades after Acre, 1291–1399. [2]
1 day ago · The Gough Map shows that by the middle of the 14th century there was a highly developed national road system centred on London. Two of the five main roads indicated on this map crossed Wiltshire: the first ran from London through Winchester, Salisbury, and Shaftesbury to Exeter and on to Cornwall; the other one ran from London through ...
May 1, 2024 · The Anglo-Saxons became the predominant element in the elite Varangian Guard, hitherto a largely North Germanic unit, from which the emperor's bodyguard was drawn and continued to serve the empire until the early 15th century. However, the population of England at home remained largely Anglo-Saxon; for them, little changed immediately except ...
