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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of hasting and the defet of harold goodwinson
1066-1087 The rueling of King William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold Godwinson.
In this event (Battle of Hastings leaders) Duke William of Normandy and King Harold of England.
why this is important to Medeval and English history: The Hastings battle was famous and important to the history of England because the result of this was all lands of England was claimed by the Normans who introduce Feudalism to England. -
Period: Nov 10, 1066 to Nov 10, 1485
medieval History
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Dec 10, 1086
Doomsday book
1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book
The Domesday Book was commissioned (payment.) in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). -
Sep 9, 1087
Death of Wiliam the conqueror
9th September 1087: William the Conqueror died the morning of September 9th,1087. He was fifty-nine years old and had ruled England for twenty-one years and Normandy for thirty-one more. -
Nov 10, 1087
Invades Wales
The reign of King William Rufus (son of William)
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Nov 10, 1096
Crusade
The Crusades are series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem. The Crusades were originally launched in response to a call from the leaders of the Byzantine Empire for help to fight Muslim Seljuk Turks expansion into Anatolia; these Turks had cut off access to Jerusalem.
1147: Second Crusade was faulia -
Nov 1, 1147
Second Crusade = Failure
The Failure of the Second Crusade: Conrad was the first to set off in May 1147. He was come along with a host of great nobles; King Vladislav of Bohemia, King Boleslav IV of Poland, as well as his nephew and heir, Frederick, Duke of Swabia, and the bishops of Metz and Toul. -
Nov 10, 1215
Magna Carta
1215: Magna Carta is signed
Magna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225. The 1297 version, with the long title (originally in Latin) The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, and of the Liberties of the Forest, still remains on the statute books of England and Wales. -
Nov 10, 1236
Barons War
1263 - 1267: The Barons War. The barons led by Simon de Montfort force the king to submit to government by council leading to the formation of the English Parliament. this war went for 4 years. -
Nov 10, 1241
Prince Gruffydd
1241 - 1244: The Welsh Prince Gruffydd was imprisoned and fell to his death in a bid to escape