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“At the start of the period, concurrent with the accession of Henry IV (r. 1399–1413), England’s first Lancastrian king, Great Britain and Ireland are rife with internal tensions, including Welsh revolt, a series of baronial rebellions led by the Percy family of Northumberland, and ongoing warfare among the Anglo-Irish nobility. In 1415, Henry V (r. 1413–22) renews the war with France ...
Jan 15, 2017 · – European History (1150 – 1700): Every year. In the 14th century in Europe, the plague wiped out 25 million lives (1/3 of the European population). The 14th century marks the start of strong separate identities for England and France and the Italian Renaissance, and the Ottoman Empire's establishing.
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Nov 16, 2023 · Maps: Africa in the 14th century. A great digital map of the medieval world – Africa in the 14th century. Created by Tina Ross, this map is one of the best overviews of cities that existed in late medieval Africa. It also details the natural features of the continent, the regions where gold mining was prevalent, and the route that Mansa Musa ...
- 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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The Medieval Warm Period ( MWP ), also known as the Medieval Climate Optimum or the Medieval Climatic Anomaly, was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that lasted from c. 950 to c. 1250. [2] Climate proxy records show peak warmth occurred at different times for different regions, which indicate that the MWP was not a globally ...
5 days ago · - timeline is here quite reduced from the Timeline of the Migrations Period ; Early Middle Ages. 477 - 949; High Middle Ages. 950 - 1250; Events: in fr. hist.grphy., this might be a golden age in Western Europe, known as Moyen Âge central. for instance Ordre de Cluny spreads its knowledge (Cluniac movement is portrayed as a follow-up of ...
Media in category "Maps of 14th-century England". The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. Feckenham Forest.gif 842 × 725; 23 KB. Hallamshire maximum extent.png 800 × 558; 381 KB. HouseLancaster1362 Map.png 1,750 × 2,345; 768 KB. Lollardmapjp.png 600 × 600; 180 KB.
