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Medieval Europe

  • Period: Jan 1, 718 to Dec 31, 1492

    Reconquista

    The Reconquista is the name given to a long series of wars and battles between the Christian kingdoms and the Muslim moors for control of the Liberian peniunsalu.
  • Sep 28, 1066

    norman invasion

    norman invasion
    Their was this king named Harold and he was the king over England, because the old king named Edward died. This person , William came from france and said that he is supposed to be the king off England and then Harold said no so William came back and defeated him with his army and the kindom was his.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of the Hastings

    Battle of the Hastings
    The battle of hasting was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army William the duke of Normandy and English army under the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Goodwin beginning the Norman conquest of England.
  • Jun 12, 1215

    Signing of the magna carta

    Signing of the magna carta
    The magna carta was signed in 1215 between the barons of medieval England and king john. It was signed (by royal seal) between the feudal barons and king john at Runnymede near Windsor castle. Magna carta was was one of the most important documents in the Medieval England. The document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects , he would govern England according to the feudal law. The Magna Carta demonstrated that the power of the king could be limited by a grant.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1346 to Dec 31, 1353

    start of the bubonic plague (death black)

    The Black Death is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague caused by bacteria carried by fleas that lived on black rats. The rodents spread the plague from he china to Europe and it hit Britain in 1348. The black death was the bacterium Yersinia pestis disease . The need of clean , pure air was another importat factor in ending the sweep of the Black Death.
  • Period: Nov 1, 1478 to

    Spanish Inquisition

    One of the darker periods of Spanish is the Spanish inquisition, which shrouded Spain for over 350 years. In both scope and Intensity, the Spanish Inquisition far surpassed the medieval inquisition, from which