middle ages

By melodygriffith
  • Jan 1, 1150

    1150 paper is first mass-produced in Spain

    1150 paper is first mass-produced in Spain
    Paper was invented in ancient China during the Han dynasty. Paper, being made from wood or rags, and once large scale production techniques had been developed it could be manufactured in almost any quantity at moderate cost.
  • Jan 1, 1215

    1215-Magna Carta

    1215-Magna Carta
    Magna Carta is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.
  • Jan 1, 1348

    1348 the plague

    1348 the plague
    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53.
  • Jan 2, 1378

    1378 first appearance of Robin Hood in literature

    1378 first appearance of Robin Hood in literature
    Robin Hood, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman.He is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor."
    Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval.
  • Jan 1, 1387

    1387 Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    1387 Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, they are held together in a frame story of a pilgrimage on which each member of the group is to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, Chaucer the author, intended the tales to appear.
  • Jan 1, 1455

    1455-1485-War of the Roses

    1455-1485-War of the Roses
    The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and York. The conflict resulted from social and financial troubles that followed the Hundred Years' War, combined with the mental infirmity and weak rule of Henry VI, which revived interest in the alternative claim to the throne of Richard, Duke of York.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

    First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned
    Henry won the throne when his forces defeated the forces of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses.Henry was successful in restoring the power and stability of the English monarchy after the political upheavals of the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses.
  • Jan 2, 1485

    1485 first printing of Le Morte d’ArthurPolitical and Social Events

    1485 first printing of Le Morte d’ArthurPolitical and Social Events
    Le Morte d'Arthur is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.

  • 1066-William the Conqueror invades England

    1066-William the Conqueror invades England
    William known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. William was the son of the unmarried Robert I, Duke of Normandy, by Robert's mistress Herleva.

  • 1270-end of the Crusades

    1270-end of the Crusades
    The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. The immediate goal was to guarantee pilgrims access to the Christian holy sites in the Holy Land under Muslim control.