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The Norman conquest of 1066 marked a dramatic and irreversible turning point in English history.
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The Domesday Book is England’s earliest surviving public record, unsurpassed in-depth and detail until introducing censuses in the 19th century.
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Pope Urban II’s official call for “holy war” in 1095 heralded the beginning of centuries of religious conflict.
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Thomas Becket was very close to the king, but they would fight a lot. This ended in the knights taking action and killing Thomas Becket, thinking that's what the king wanted. They made a tomb for his death
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Sealed by King John at Runnymede on 15 June 1215, Magna Carta (meaning ‘great charter’) has become one of the founding documents of the English legal system.
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The battle of Bannockburn saw Scottish leader Robert the Bruce take on the English king Edward II in a pivotal conflict in Scotland’s fight for independence.
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The summer of 1348 saw the first outbreak of the bubonic plague in England, leading to an epidemic of huge proportions.
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The first large-scale uprising in English history, the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 threatened to overturn the existing social structure and undermine the country’s ruling elite.
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Soon after becoming king of England in 1413, the ambitious young Henry V turned his attention to expanding his realm
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The last significant clash of the Wars of the Roses. Lancastrian Henry Tudor defeats Richard III for the English throne.
