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3 days ago · The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, launched by Martin Luther‘s 95 Theses in 1517, shattered the religious unity of Europe and the authority of the Catholic Church.[^15] Europe was entering a new age of art, science, exploration, and religious conflict—the early modern period. The Legacy and Importance of the Middle Ages
3 days ago · In this blog post, we will delve into the reasons why the 14th century is considered the worst and explore the long-term consequences of this tumultuous era from a historian‘s perspective. The Great Famine (1315-1317) The early 14th century marked the end of the Medieval Warm Period, a time of relative prosperity and population growth in Europe.
3 days ago · The 14th century saw England face an unprecedented onslaught of invasions, raids, and attacks by the French and their allies. The epic scale and destruction of these incursions is too often left out of popular accounts of English history. While many invasion forces were repelled through English seapower, battle-tested commanders like Edward III ...
2 days ago · Lithuania, country of northeastern Europe, the southernmost and largest of the three Baltic states. Lithuania was a powerful empire that dominated much of eastern Europe in the 14th–16th centuries before becoming part of the Polish-Lithuanian confederation for the next two centuries.
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2 days ago · The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity. There is no exact date that marks the beginning or end of the period and its timeline may vary depending on the area of history being studied. In general, the early modern period is ...
1 day ago · CAMBRIDGE THE GROWTH OF THE CITY . Physiographical Map Showing Bronze Age Remains in the Cambridge Region. The City of Cambridge has grown to its present size and dignity on a site that has many advantages for settlement, of a type well-recognised by geographers, and familiar to historians: at the point nearest to a sea where a slow-moving river can readily be crossed by ford or dug-out canoe ...
That probably marked the peak of Colchester's early medieval growth; like many other towns and much of rural Essex, it seems to have stagnated or declined in the earlier 14th century. Although the largest in Essex, the early 14th-century town was relatively small and unimportant. Even in comparison with other towns in the county, it was not ...
