Global Studies - England

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  • Period: 500 to 900

    Early Middle Ages

  • Period: 900 to 1200

    High Middle Ages

  • 1066

    The Medieval period in England begins

  • 1135

    Barons Take Sides; Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, passes away

  • 1154

    The Anarchy Ends; Henry II takes the throne.

  • Period: 1200 to 1400

    Late Middle Ages

    This is when the Black Plauge accured.
  • 1215

    The Magna Carta is signed.

  • 1295

    Model Parliament is established.

  • 1337

    Hundred Years' War erupts in England

  • 1399

    Richard II is deposed by his barons, having descended into tyranny.

  • 1400

    Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales, sparking a decade-long uprising against the rule of Henry IV.

  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    Transition Period

  • 1415

    The forces of Henry V triumph at the battle of Agincourt, in many ways the greatest of all English victories in France.

  • 1422

    Henry V dies. The throne passes to his infant son, Henry VI, and a group of incompetent or outmanoeuvred guardians.

  • 1453

    The Hundred Years' War comes to an end

  • 1455

    At the battle of St Albans, the first clash of the Wars of the Roses, an army commanded by Richard, Duke of York defeats Henry VI and his Lancastrian allies.

  • 1458

    The Medieval period in England ends.

  • 1469

    Spain is united through the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.

  • 1485

    Henry Tudor wins victory at the battle of Bosworth to take the English throne.