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3 days ago · 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).
3 days ago · The essential elements of England‘s enduring parliamentary monarchy were in place. The Black Death and the Peasants‘ Revolt (14th Century) The 14th century brought both devastation and social upheaval to England. The Black Death arrived in 1348, probably at the Dorset port of Melcombe Regis. Contemporary chroniclers paint a grim picture.
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2 days 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 ...
3 days ago · During the 14th century, Oxford mirrored the rest of English society in many ways. Political instability wracked the realm as England waged the Hundred Years‘ War in France, battled Scotland and Wales closer to home, and saw the overthrow and murder of King Edward II. The Black Death arrived in 1348, wiping out over a third of the population.
2 days ago · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh , who both died when Alfred was young.
2 days ago · This study challenges the assumption that a cohesive kingdom emerged in the late ninth or early tenth century, contending instead that the administrative advances of Edgar’s reign (959–75) made it possible for England to coalesce into a stable, governable, and precisely-defined territorial kingdom.
1 day ago · A map (p. xxxviii) based on the Geological Drift map shows, to larger scale, by red symbols, the sixteen very widespread known sites of the period, seven on the W. side of the river, the rest on the E., covering an area of some 20 square miles.
