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3 days ago · e. England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
3 days ago · Global average temperatures show that the Little Ice Age was not a distinct planet-wide period but a regional phenomenon occurring near the end of a long temperature decline that preceded recent global warming. [1] The Little Ice Age ( LIA) was a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region. [2]
Apr 11, 2024 · Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives. [1] It flourished especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium.
Apr 7, 2024 · Beaufort family. Henry Beaufort (born c. 1374—died April 11, 1447, Winchester, Hampshire, England) was a cardinal and bishop of Winchester and a dominant figure in English politics throughout the first 43 years of the 15th century. From about 1435 until 1443 he controlled the government of the weak King Henry VI.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Friesland, coastal provincie (province), northern Netherlands. Occupying the western portion of the historic region of Frisia, the province extends inland from the IJsselmeer and the North Sea (west and north) and includes four of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast. Leeuwarden, the capital, is in the north-central part of the province.
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Apr 16, 2024 · The first ever known printing press was developed by Johann Gutenberg in Strasbourg, Germany in the 1430s. Gutenberg was the son of a merchant and grew up on an agricultural estate. He was a master goldsmith. Ever since childhood, he had seen wine and olive presses. By 1448, he had perfected the printing press system .
Apr 1, 2024 · The printing press had been invented in the 1430s in Germany, finally arriving in Italy in 1465. Chalkokondyles published the first printed edition of Homer’s work in 1488. He was pained greatly by the fall of Constantinople and was an outspoken campaigner for the liberation of his native Greece from the Ottoman Turks.
