The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages are one of the most
turbulent periods in English history. The Middle Ages are so
called as the middle period between the decline of the Roman Empire
and the Renaissance .
The Middle Ages started in 1066. with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. William the Conqueror took all the lands from the Saxon English and gave these to French nobles. Normans were known as great builders. This is assured by the fact that many great castles and other buildings, including the Tower
of London, were built during the Norman Conquest. In 1086 . Domesday
Book was compiled. It is a detailed survey of England ordered by
William the Conqueror. The reign of King William Rufus who
was the son of William started in 1087 and lasted until 1100. Next
king was Henry I who was the brother of William Rufus. His reign was
from 1100-1135. In 1135 Henry I nephew Stephen got to the throne of
England and reigned the country for 19 years . He was the last
Norman king of England and his reign ended in 1154 .
From 1154 until 1377 the Plantagenet Kings of England ruled the English. The first Plantagenet King was
Henry II. He was the grandson of Henry I. He had struggles with Thomas Beckett , who was the Archbishop of Canterbury . Beckett ended
up being murdered in Canterbury's cathedral in 1170. Henry II reign
ended in 1189 and the next King of England was his third son Richard . Richard lead the country for 10 years and he was succeeded by Henry
II's fifth son John. In 1215 King John was forced by the Barons to
sign the Magna Carta, which was a collection of 37 English laws . The purpose of the Magna Carta was to curb the King and make him govern
by the old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came .
King John's reign lasted until 1216. Then the power was taken over by
his son King Henry III. He leaded England for a very long time, until
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Medieval England 1066-1485 Eva Asper Anna Pohlak 11.c The Norman Dynasty The Norman Conquest In the 11th century, Normans conquered England - The Battle of Hastings 14.10.1066 The Anglo-Saxon forces had more soldiers but the Normans had better military tactics and won in the end thanks to a clever strategy William I, also known as William the Conqueror, replaced King Harold on the throne The invasion was completed by 1071 - The Norman invasion is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry a long embroidered cloth The death of King Harold embroidered on the Bayeux Tapestry The Norman England William I ensured his power by dividing the land into parts and making 1/7 of it a royal domain He made his nobles swear an oath of allegiance and become his vassals Died in 1087 while fighting in France, was succeeded by his third son, William II Rufus William II was very unpopular:
*The Venerable Bede Bede was a Christian monk, he was the most learned man in Europe at that time. He is remembered mainly for his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People." This five volume work records events in Britain from the raids by Julius Caesar to the arrival of the first missionary from Rome. Bede's writings are considered the best summary of this period of history ever prepared. Some have called it "the finest historical work of the early Middle Ages." *The coming ofe the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians to Britain Very little is known about the first several hundred years of the Anglo-Saxon era, primarily because the invaders were an illiterate people. It is known that they established separate kingdoms: the Saxons settled in the South and West, the Angles in the East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and the Jutes in Kent. They probably thought of themselves as separate peoples, but they shared a common language and similar customs.
Book 3) Conventicle Act 1665 prohibited public worship outside State Church 4) Five Mile Act 1665 prohibited the expelled ministers and teachers from coming whithin 5 miles of any corporate town The emergence of the two-party system 1) The exclusionists or Whigs (from Whiggamore, an insulting name), they wanted to exclude James from the succession of throne. Supporters were merchants, capitalists, landed magnates and Puritan lower middle class. 2)The Anti-Exclusionists or Tories were in favour of James´succession. Their supporters were Royalists, Cavalier genrty, monarchy and its alliance wih the Anglican Church and rural masses The Glorious Revolution 1688 It replaced the reigning king, James II with Mary and her dutch husband, William of Orange James was chatolic. Whigs rose up against him, they made a contact with Orange which dashed the hopes of Mary´s son passing a throne.
Years 1154-1485 Henry I was the first unquestioned ruler. One of the most important kings in the Middle Ages. He had lands in Britain & France. Then the government was the monarch, a person, not a place. He had more land than any pervious king. After his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, he also ruled the lands south of Anjou. His empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. England provided most of its wealth, but the heart was Anjou. Henry II began to regain royal control. During the war some barons had become very powerful. He pulled down some of their castles
officers. It so reminded people of the paintings of the Day of Judgement, or `doom', on the walls of their churches that they called it the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book still exists, and gives us an extraordinary amount of information about England at this time. William's policies cost English many of their liberties, but brought them peace and order. To understand the idea of kingship and lordship in the early Middle Ages it is important to realise that at this time there was little or no idea of nationalism. William controlled two large areas: Normandy, which he had been given by his father, and England, which he had won in war. Both were personal possessions, and it did not matter to the rulers that the ordinary people of one place were English while those of another were French. To William the important difference between Normandy and England was that as duke of Normandy
British kings and queens Kings King Henry VIII King Henry VIII is arguably the most well-known king of England. Famous for beheading his wives, of which he had six, King Henry VIII also had several children. King James I King James I was already King of Scotland when he got the English crown. King James I was the first ruler to call himself King of Great Britain, as he ruled England, Scotland and Wales. King James was the first King of Great Britain. King William I, the Conqueror King William I, otherwise known as William the Conqueror was born in France on 1028. He became friendly with the current English King, Edward the Confessor. He invaded and attacked England on Edward's death, as he was promised the English crown, but then denied it by the Saxon Harold. King George VI King George VI did not expect to become king, he was the shy brother of Edward VIII who only took the thrown when Edward abdicated. King George VI ruled during World War
Irish corn crops remained unaffected, but they were exported. Profit counted more than human lives. The Victorian age is also known for its literary achievements. Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest English novelists of all time. His books included "Oliver Twist", "Old Curiosity Shop", "Nicholas Nickleby" and others. He became very rich and used his wealth for the antislavery movement, social housing projects and international copyright laws. At the same as the middle classes were expanding in Victorian Britain, so were the working classes. New industries were developed, new factories were built and Britain's products were exporter all over the world. Life in the new factories was one of terrible hardship. Men, woman and children were forced to work fifteen or sixteen hours a day in dangerous and unhealthy conditions for poor wages. Parliament was forced to come to terms with the new social conditions. The Reform Act of 1832 was follower by other urgently
has now fallen out of academic use. The word arose on the basis that the seven kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Kent, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex and Wessex were the main polities of south Britain. More recent scholarship has shown that theories of the 'heptarchy' are not grounded in evidence, and it is far more likely that power fluctuated between many more 'kingdoms'. Other politically important 'kingdoms' across this period include: Hwicce, Magonsaete, Kingdom of Lindsey and Middle Anglia. In the 9th century, the Viking challenge grew to serious proportions. Alfred the Great's victory at Edington, Wiltshire, in 878 brought intermittent peace, but with their possession of Jorvik the Danes gained a solid foothold in England. An important development in the 9th century was the rise of the Kingdom of Wessex; by the end of his reign Alfred was recognised as overlord by several southern kingdoms.
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