The Middle Ages

By Jessica Isis Roman
  • Sep 25, 1066

    1066 William the Conqueror invades England

    1066 William the Conqueror invades England
    First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d'Arthur is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurisian literature in Englsih. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their principal source
  • Sep 25, 1150

    1150 Paper is frist mass-produced in Spain

    1150 Paper is frist mass-produced in Spain
    Papermaking and manufacturing in Europe was started by Muslims living on the Iberian Peninsula, ( today's Portugal & Spain) and Sicily in the 10th century
  • Sep 25, 1215

    1215- Magna Carta

    1215- Magna Carta
    First drafted by the Archishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group f rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from ilegal imprisonment s
  • Sep 25, 1270

    End of the Crusades

    End of the Crusades
    The Crusades, judged by what they set out to accomplish, mus be accounted an inglorious failure. After two hundred years of conflict, afer a vast expenditure of wealth and human lives, the Holy Land remained in Moslem hands
  • Sep 25, 1348

    The Plague

    The Plague
    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, reulsting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people
  • Sep 25, 1378

    First appearane of Robin Hood in literature

    First appearane of Robin Hood in literature
    The DC Comics version of Robin Hood first appeared in New Adventure Comics Vol 1, #23 January 1938
  • Sep 25, 1387

    1387 Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales

    1387 Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
    A collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as piligrims to Canterbury, England
  • Sep 25, 1455

    War of the Roses

    War of the Roses
    The Yorkists defeat King VI's Lancastrain forces at St. Albans, 20 miles northwest of London. Many Lancasrian bobles perished, including Edmund Beaufort, the duke of Somerset
  • Sep 25, 1485

    1485 First printing of Le Morte d'Arthur

    1485 First printing of Le Morte d'Arthur
    a collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury, England
  • Sep 25, 1485

    Frist Tudor King, Henry VII, is crowned

    Frist Tudor King, Henry VII, is crowned
    Lord of Ireland form his seizing the crown on 22 Agust 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509