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Sep 27, 1150
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the first paper is first mass-produced in Spain -
Sep 28, 1150
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is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was highly skilled archer and swordsman -
Sep 28, 1150
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) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, three years later, Clerk of the King's work in 1389. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most -
Sep 28, 1150
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Le Morte d'Arthur was first published in 1485 by William Caxton, and is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their principal source, including T. H. White in his popular The Once and Future King and Tennyson in The Idylls of the king. -
Sep 28, 1150
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was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward -
Sep 28, 1150
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The Year of Magna Carta is a historical documentation of life in Medieval England written by author and journalist, Danny Danziger and emeritus professor of history at the London School of Economics, -
Sep 28, 1150
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The Eighth Crusade was a crusade launched by Louis IX of France against the city of Tunis in 1270. The Eighth Crusade is sometimes counted as the Seventh, if the Fifth and Sixth Crusades of Frederick II are counted as a single crusade -
Sep 28, 1348
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The Black Death or Black Plague 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 -
Sep 28, 1455
middle ages
The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars for control of the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, those of Lancaster and York. They were fought in several spora
